jpdb beta

mother

15

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

5

moving into (house)

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

sigh

4

to glare at; to scowl at

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden

2

moonlight

4

very dim light

3

to scratch; to claw

1

this

1

boundary line

2

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

3

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

8

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

3

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

7

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

7

bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque

2

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

video

1

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

1

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

2

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

1

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

11

to engrave; to carve out

5

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

to swim

1

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

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

2

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

2

bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

4

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2

despair; hopelessness

6

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

2

breathing; respiration

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

leather-covered

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

4

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

4

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

desire; appetite; lust

4

so; like this; in this way

7

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

3