jpdb beta

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

5

small animal

3

proposed site; site chosen

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

1

window-shopping; window-gazing

1

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

1

good-for-nothing; useless; worthless

3

lake

2

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

shore; bank (of a body of water)

1

lake surface

1

to drag around; to pull about; to lead around (by the nose)

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

to look around; to tour

2

change (e.g. season)

1

chance meeting

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

4

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

6

it is I who should say so

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

excretion; discharge; excrement

1

cow shed; cattle barn

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow

1

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

3

calf; small cow

5

to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin

1

to become fluffy; to become fuzzy; to become nappy; to become rough; to become frayed

1

the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest

1

Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

1

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

3

since one was born; (in) all one's life

2

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

2

corpse; dead person

1

the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest

23

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

1

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

14

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

Wagyu (any of four breeds of Japanese cattle); Wagyu beef

1

abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky

2

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

4

to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down

1

watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy

1

Pandora

8

all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK; I've got it

4

guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring

1

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around

2