jpdb beta

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still

1

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

1

depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

3

guess; speculation; supposition

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

6

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

courteous; decorous; polite

1

to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined

1

wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

1

trivial; slight

1

lawn; sod; turf

1

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

innocent; cherubic; childlike

2

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

6

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

3

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

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

3

hearsay; rumour

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

1

roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file

1

edible wild plants

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

1

child's mind; child's heart; young mind

1

assistance; aid; support

3

stealthily; secretly; in secret

2

wall; fence

1

to cling

3

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)

1

scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling

2

heroism; loyalty and courage

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

3

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

3

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

2

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

2

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

entreaty; supplication

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

1

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

1