jpdb beta

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

3

cake

2

castella (type of sponge cake)

2

cream; ice cream

2

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

3

sponge

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

3

ear

1

hot

1

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

1

Shouchan

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

1

chill; shakes; ague

4

to see; to look; to watch; to try to

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

5

drama; play; powerful drug

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

1

major earthquake; large earthquake

1

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

1

arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

1

these guys; these fellows

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

4

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

Buddhist priest

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to think too much; to be over-concerned

1

depth; deep place

2

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

2

slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous

2

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

it may be because

1

hereabouts; around here

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1