jpdb beta

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

2

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

2

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

2

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

1

war preparation

1

karahafu; bow-shaped eaves of a gabled roof; undulating gable; cusped gable

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

1

old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

1

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

1

meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect

1

proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request

1

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

it is I who should say so

1

formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical

1

Mikeko

4

I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

premature death

1

female cat

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

tomcat; male cat

1

laughingstock; object of ridicule

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

godparent; first person to give something its name

1

second elder brother

5

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

3

older brother

2

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

2

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

2

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

1

person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university

1

failure; mistake; blunder

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

3

shameless; shameless person

1

novelist; fiction writer

1

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

1

to take; to catch; to capture

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

the same kind; accomplice; partner

3

no-good man; (male) loser

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

1

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

1