jpdb beta

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

1

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

1

fresh

3

tea leaf; tea leaves

1

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

2

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

5

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

2

wooden box; wooden crate

1

cake or snack served with tea

1

ribbon

2

wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)

1

jam

3

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

baked sweets

2

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

3

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

6

very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular

1

slightly; faintly

3

bitterness; bitter taste

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

9

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

30

and; thereupon; because of that

3

since; this person

1

who

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

3

acquaintance

3

surely; certainly; without doubt

11

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

17

friend

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

maid

1

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

2

to become empty; to be emptied

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

5

too much; excessively; too

11

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

1

glass; pane

2

teapot

3

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

2

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

8

what is it?

2

rather than

2

one part; one portion; one section

1

ah; oh; hey!

11

huge; big; gargantuan

5