jpdb beta

joint control

1

starting up (e.g. business, computer)

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

3

idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical

1

to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle

1

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

1

garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

4

to increase; to add to; to augment

6

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

2

modern

1

infrastructure

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

you (plural)

5

sanitation; public health

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

2

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

5

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

2

to pee; to piss

1

to filter; to strain

1

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

1

dusk; twilight

3

shadow figure; silhouette

1

folding one's arms

3

slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

4

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

jam-packed; packed in like sardines

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

superstition; superstitious belief

2

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

snivel; nasal mucus; snot

1

sad; wretched; deplorable

2

to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

8

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

homicidal maniac

1

to move around

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

3

opinion; view; comment

1

reasoning; logic; persuasion

1

male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)

1

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

4

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

3

samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

3

useless; vain; aimless; idle

2

fatal disease

1