jpdb beta

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

6

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

14

bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique

2

building; construction

2

weakening; emaciation; decline

1

quietly; soundlessly

5

one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

1

opposing pairs (of leaves)

1

pertaining to objects

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

5

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

3

to narrow; to contract

2

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

5

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

3

to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head

1

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

2

to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

1

starvation; famine; hunger

1

end; conclusion

17

regarding highly; attaching importance to

3

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers

1

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

2

desperate effort

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

1

beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help

2

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end

1

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

4

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

4

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

2

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

abusive language

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

10

to lie face-down

1

regret; repentance

4

gluttonous; greedy

2

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

2

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

7

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

1

just as one wishes

4

aftertaste

6

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

night sky

1

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

7

seems; I guess

44

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

2

old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest

23

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

5

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

2