jpdb beta

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

to boil down

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

4

one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

17

again; once more; a second time

5

silence; stillness; quietness

2

to come back

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

6

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

4

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

4

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

30

being on duty; person on duty

3

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

5

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

7

kitchen; financial situation

13

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

4

poisoning; kill by poison

11

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

7

ordinary; in the past; usual; regular

1

meal; dinner; diet

7

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

5

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

2

cooking; food preparation

1

with one's own hands

2

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

4

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

11

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

1

to increase; to multiply

1

potion; liquid medicine

1

pill

1

powdered medicine; powder

1

two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

four

7

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

3

to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

11

to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

3

proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

3

sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)

5

white

5

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

12