jpdb beta

14; fourteen

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

Seven Stars (cigarette)

3

package

3

to get between; to be caught in

1

100 yen

1

very deeply

1

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

2

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

false; hypocritical

1

ash; ashes

3

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

1

ridiculous; odd

2

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

2

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

4

how can (one) do something

1

to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

(body) weight

2

folding one's arms

2

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

2

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

2

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

satisfactory; decent

2

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

2

compared to

1

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

5

to entwine; to follow about

1

to be stingy; to be tightfisted

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

feigned ignorance; pretending not to recognize (somebody); unconcerned air; indifference

1

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

5

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

guardrail

2

lunch box

1

rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

5

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

5