jpdb beta

fat; tallow; lard; grease

1

half step; half a step

2

one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand

1

to catch

2

a lot; loads; plenty

1

to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin

1

Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

1

to threaten; to make threats

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

halfwit; blockhead; fool

1

wraparound

1

to wring the neck; to strangle

2

swoon; faint

4

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

3

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

2

royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

3

to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

1

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move

2

clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)

1

to thank

12

one side

2

(licensed) red light district

2

prostitute (esp. Edo period)

4

belief that human nature is fundamentally good

2

under cover of night

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

ruffian; villain; scoundrel

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

2

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

2

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

4

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

2

clothes; outfit; uniform

1

men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men

3

work clothes; fatigues

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp

1

books for loan

2

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

4

this much; this amount

2

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

2

male instincts; male frivolity

1

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

one's personal opinion

1