jpdb beta

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); why

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

2

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

2

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

6

nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

1

favor; favour; affection

4

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

8

to sit on a seat

2

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

2

in that manner; like that

8

just the two of them

1

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

2

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

2

to have time free; to have time to spare

3

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

what one should do (usu. in questions)

2

modesty; humility; being humble

1

ability; skill; facility

2

pride; dignity; self-worth

2

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

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

1

should do; ought to do

2

to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

2

that's true; of course; obviously

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

4

to dominate (usu. one's husband)

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

12

example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

1

history of one's love affairs

1

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

husband

3

to straighten oneself

3

(a) look; gaze

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

4

question; inquiry; enquiry

2