jpdb beta

impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

4

damage; injury

1

slight; little; insignificant

1

banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up

2

command; lead; generalship; leadership

2

supply; provision; raising; procurement

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

1

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

to be dead; to be lifeless

2

birthmark; nevus; bruise

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

tough

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

eyes mismatched in colour (color)

2

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

3

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

3

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

to possess; to haunt

2

to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

1

of no concern at all; I couldn't care less; no skin off my nose

1

stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

moth

1

that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...

1

feeling of oppression

1

to answer a question

2

to put up resistance

1

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass

3

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

confession

1

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

2

headache

1

chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important

2

ecosystem

1

frequency (of occurrence)

2

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

2