jpdb beta

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

5

oh!; oh?; my!

2

to employ; to engage

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

2

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

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

2

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

4

boss; chief; head

2

a disgrace (to a whole group of people)

1

society; the world; the times

9

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

4

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

6

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

2

we

3

unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up

1

hence; for that reason

2

to mimic; to imitate

1

everybody

1

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)

1

preparations for a journey

1

to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

foolish; stupid

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

7

Imperial General Headquarters (Japan)

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

4

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

2

Lord of Heaven; God

139

shoulder

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

call; invitation

1

body

2

rule; government

3

having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

2

some time ago; the other day

1

offender; criminal

7

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

3

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

3

pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

2

beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful

1