jpdb beta

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

(one's parents') home

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

manager; proprietor

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

2

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

3

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

1

failure; mistake; blunder

4

king

2

to hang; to hang up

3

execution

3

to win; to gain victory

3

stray bullet

5

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

4

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

7

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

12

bed

3

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

4

to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

2

private house

2

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

3

to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

1

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

6

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

company; battery; troop

12

billeting; camp

2

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

1

lamp; light

2

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

electricity; (electric) light

2

very interesting; of great interest

1

to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

4

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see

4

chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat

2

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

1

roof

1

cooking; kitchen work

1

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

3

(room) heater; stove

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

3

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

2

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

2