jpdb beta

really; truly; indeed; good grief

1

east

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

2

in advance; beforehand; previously

1

what; what?; hey!

3

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

8

octopus

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

1

to bear; to endure

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

3

to envelop; to blanket; to cloak

2

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

3

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

17

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket

5

good-bye; farewell

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

3

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case

1

Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

1

plan; policy

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

5

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

2

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

1

crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

5

house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)

1

(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)

1

after

2

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

3

skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

3

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

10

rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession

1

ten percent

1

20 percent

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

1

torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized

1