jpdb beta

eight; 8

6

massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person

2

I; me

3

to have the blues; to be depressed

1

next (day, morning, etc.); following

3

this or that person; anybody; many people

3

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

5

15; fifteen

3

four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

9

to bring someone along

2

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

3

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

1

to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

2

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

roof tile

5

dry riverbed; river beach

4

winter

17

last year

4

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

4

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

2

overanxiety; needless worry

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

9

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

Honda

3

premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

5

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

11

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

1

small bird; little bird

2

livelihood; living

2

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

3

multi-

3

door; entrance; gateway

8

to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

1

son; penis

1

supervision; supervisor

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

1

neglect; negligence; disregard; making light of

1

government official

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

1