jpdb beta

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

does not seem (to be)

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

in the ward or borough

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

2

invisibly; secretly; privately

2

exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time

1

shit!; damn!

6

dark indigo (almost black); coarse cloth

1

clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

2

rhythm

1

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

3

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

to look stern

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

3

soon; before long; shortly thereafter

2

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten

4

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

6

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

4

many; much; plenty; hardly

3

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

1

accomplice; cohort

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

6

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

thanks

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

4

my; our; one's own

3

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

to miss a chance; to fail to do

2

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest

1

as usual

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

ah; oh; hey!

2

speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)

1

I; me

2

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

4

to pluck; to pick; to tear

1