jpdb beta

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

10

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

8

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

2

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

7

to surge (water or waves)

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

4

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

6

fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series

2

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

13

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

3

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

4

cheap structure (e.g. of houses)

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

2

shriek; scream

3

to make a sound

4

all the more

2

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

8

dusk; twilight

2

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

thin or diluted ink

1

to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

5

safety; welfare; well-being

3

surely (not); certainly (not)

2

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

19

point in time; occasion

3

prediction; estimation

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

4

Island; insula; island; islet

6

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

3

just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment

2

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

1

ocean current

1

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

4

departure

2

fog; mist; spray

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

4

even

1

third day of the month; three days

7

some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot

1

going fishing

2

decision; determination

2

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

4

just like

2

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

more than usual

1

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

1

before now; hitherto

8