jpdb beta

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

3

small boat

7

ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)

1

cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman

1

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

1

marine products

2

ship's side; broadside

2

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

1

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

1

fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

1

Earth; the globe

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

several (objects, usu. from two to six)

1

to buy

1

rarely; seldom

3

another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

feeler; tentacle

8

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

3

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

2

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

boisterously; roughly; briskly

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

to hate; to dislike

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

call; hail; yell

1

prey; victim

1

corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

3

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

2

partitioning screen

5

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

4

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

to catch a cold

1

how others look at you; what others think about you

1

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)

2

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

cooking; food preparation

1

had better ...; had better not ...

2

warming; warmth

1