jpdb beta

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

3

companion; company

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

that; the matter in question

8

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

3

door; gate; opening; title page

4

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

2

cask; barrel

11

to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant

3

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

2

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

2

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

3

short; brief

4

coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

14

adult male; man

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

1

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

1

both sides

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

9

one's twenties

1

second half; latter half

1

B; b

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

4

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

6

chair; stool; post; office; position

4

each; every

1

rope

2

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

(mouth) gag

2

nowhere

1

summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square

8

sign; signal; cue

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

3

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

3

to shed light; to cast light

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

13

putting into operation; invocation

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

2

bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

9

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

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fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1