jpdb beta

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

4

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

4

freight locomotive; goods engine

1

freight car; van

1

discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

4

east

6

harbour

3

brocade; fine dress; fine clothes

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

13

pier; wharf; quay; dock

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

5

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

network

2

to pieces; into shreds

2

relative

1

among the mountains

2

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

harbour; harbor; port

2

meaning; called; said

11

actual expenses; out-of-pocket expenses; cost price

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

12

to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible

2

abatement; reduction

6

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

2

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

2

to begin to speak

2

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1

by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

13

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

6

compromise; giving in

2

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

5

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

3

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

5

in this manner; in this way; like this

3

to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

3

the very picture of ...

1

troubled face; worried expression

3

imprinting; stenciling

2

freighter (aircraft); cargo plane

5

all; every

4

cargo; freight; money or assets

4

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

1

one large ...; a great ...

2

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

5

all you want; as much as one wants

1

to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

1