jpdb beta

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

2

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

4

faint smile; half smile

32

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

4

to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

21

to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

2

shut up!; be quiet!

1

to go out and away; to leave

39

good grief

9

it's none of your business; it's not your concern

1

innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet

1

animal passions; carnal desire; lust

1

love; affection

1

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

1

under the eaves

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

3

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

11

parent bird

3

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

29

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

14

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

9

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

6

chick; baby bird

6

than; other than; except; but

23

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1

borrowing; debt; loan

9

nothing but; none other than

18

to be needed; to be wanted

14

to occur; to happen

53

exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

1

to find it hard to say

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

6

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

2

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

24

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

2

nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

10

ventilation

1

morning; forenoon; just before noon

2

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

8

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

14

refining; refinement; smelting

162

war expenditures

4

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

2