jpdb beta

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

form; shape; figure; visage

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

5

farmer; peasant

4

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

edible wild plants

2

knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle

1

to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm

1

growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

1

warrior; samurai

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

5

root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

just because; even if; even though

1

next year

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

2

meaning; significance; sense

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

2

existence; being

1

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

4

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

3

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

3

undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree

2

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

3

bare rock; rock surface; rock face

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

3

to bud

1

old tree

3

only; nothing but

9

to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

1

to survive

5

normalcy; normality; normal

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

3

scorched earth

1

certainly; surely; definitely

1

to sprout; to bud

1

here and there; in places

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1