jpdb beta

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

3

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

3

prey; victim

1

letter of resignation; request for retirement

1

to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful

3

now or never; time's up

1

dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

2

chance; opportunity

6

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

3

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

impulsive and straightforward; guileless

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

3

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

7

braking (mechanism)

1

nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others

2

intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

3

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

8

one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

borrowing

1

cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

2

taxi

3

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

1

pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk

1

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

(passenger) car; automobile

3

driver's seat

2

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

4

it's been a long time; long time no see

3

gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless

1

serious illness

1

upright; fair; honest

1

one's way; one's path

4

natural (ability)

1

speed

5

loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

4

sacred bridge

3

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

6

upper reaches of a river; upstream

1

(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

4

to whistle

1

gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)

2

song; singing

4