jpdb beta

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

1

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

4

button (clothing); push-button

2

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

5

delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

3

stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

1

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

3

to be true to nature; to be lifelike

1

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

1

to slip down; to slide down; to glide down

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

3

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

4

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

4

obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper

1

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

3

to finish reading; to read through

2

suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

5

not only

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

of all things

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

2

to be absorbed in reading

1

continuation; succession; series

2

one; one

1

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

for this reason

1

to sell

4

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

1

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

2

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1

slight intoxication

3

show me

1

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

2

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

7

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

2

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

although there are many of them

1