jpdb beta

disguise; masquerade

6

shabby; seedy

2

hat; cap

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

17; seventeen

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

2

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

5

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

1

money on hand

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

valuable article; valuables

2

fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty

1

to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

2

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

at times; occasionally

3

two thirds

1

indolence

1

to crack (person's voice); to squeak

1

outspoken; frank; candid

1

head; lead; vanguard; first

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

3

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

2

everything one owns

2

war preparation

2

adversary; opposition; hostile forces

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

merger; takeover

1

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

type of occupation; occupational category

1

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

4

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

1

intermediate level

3

series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

1

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

substantial matter; significant item

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

2

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

3

like; as if; the same as

4

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

6

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

flash; brandish

2

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

2

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1