jpdb beta

to be slow-footed

2

gasp; pant

2

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

1

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

2

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

11

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

3

to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

1

to dishevel (hair)

8

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

2

moan; groan; groaning

2

more than anything (else)

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

3

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

7

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)

5

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

grief; lamentation

2

root of all evil

2

to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

3

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

1

treasure

1

something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair

1

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

2

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

2

to be badly made; to fail

1

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum

1

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

2

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

3

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

2

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

5

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

4

(feelings of) love

2

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

5

for (some) doubtful points to remain

2

none

1

to ride past; to miss one's stop (train, bus, etc.)

4

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

6

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

5

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

3

itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

1

cough; ahem

2

fine weather; fair weather

2

to get dry

5

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

4

third-year student

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

2