jpdb beta

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

2

determination; resolution

3

state of mind; mentality; psychology

2

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

1

to become muddy; to become slushy

2

emotional; sentimental

4

going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

1

pitfall; trap; pit

2

to swindle; to deceive

1

didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle

1

scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

2

to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

4

losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

1

each; (arch.) you (plural)

2

provisional; temporary; tentative; interim

1

heart; hearts (suit)

2

ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

1

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

1

state of tension

3

soft-hearted; susceptible; sentimental; tender-hearted

1

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

1

fried cake of minced meat

5

to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

4

tonkatsu sauce (usu. Worcester-based)

1

to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace

1

coarse; crude

1

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

three meals (a day)

1

finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables

3

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

2

onion (Allium cepa)

1

entreaty to a deity

1

key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

1

out of character; unlike one

1

prayer; supplication

1

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

1

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

3

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

1

to show

1

former job; former position

1

harmonica; mouth organ; cunnilingus; hypodermic syringe

2

matchbox

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

2

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

1

going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign

1

in camp; at the front

1

baby; infant

11

to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)

1

to bloom

1