jpdb beta

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

3

to subsist; to keep on living

1

what

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

hunger; starvation

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

5

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

7

was; were

7

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

so; like this; in this way

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

2

letter (of alphabet); character

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

2

way; method; means; resource; course

4

piece; fragment; one (object)

2

two; 2

1

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

1

slum

2

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

4

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

2

(not) very; (not) much

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

in those days

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

2

about this time

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

3

titubation; shaking; swinging

1

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

3

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

3

relief; peace of mind

1

we; us

17

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

1