jpdb beta

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

3

departure; leaving; going away; recession

2

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

2

tomorrow morning

1

patience; endurance

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

4

hoe

1

combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

1

to win; to gain victory

7

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

1

wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

1

independent; responsible; active; subjective

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

the reason is ...; it is because ...

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

6

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

5

coward; dastard

1

critical; judgmental

1

to have the blues; to be depressed

1

olden days; former

2

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

2

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

2

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

8

(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

1

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

2

peak; mountain

1

seven (long cylindrical things)

4

as one of

1

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

4

root; joint; base; crotch

1

portion; section; part

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

3

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

2

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

to look towards

1

to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire

2

ha ha ha (laughter)

1

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

3

time; age; chance; moment; occasion

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1