jpdb beta

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

8

generally

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

5

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

wooden board

2

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

2

plop; splash

1

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

1

to go; to come

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

2

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

head; chief; boss; leader

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

2

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

2

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

to poke; to push

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

2

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

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

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

1

bridge girder

4

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

confusion; distraction; derangement

1

because

4

unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly

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just a little

2

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

2

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

1

bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot

1

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

weak; delicate; sickly

1

(body) weight

2

without cause; without reason

1

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

right under; directly below

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

2

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

shriek; scream

1

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

1