jpdb beta

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

2

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

4

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

3

2nd day of the month; two days

3

change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

2

to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

2

camera

1

exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though

3

weather; mood; temper

2

sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

2

pine sprout; pine bud

1

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

cicada abundant in late spring

1

artists' chalk; white pigment; powdered calcium carbonate

1

fine weather during the rainy season

2

under construction

1

to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)

1

swivel chair

6

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

2

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

2

doctor

1

leaving half-read (book, etc.); leaving unfinished

1

murder; killing; murderer

11

first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type

1

third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

7

copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy

3

with a clink (click, clack)

1

uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

how many times; how often

4

oaf; blockhead; stupid person; dunce; insensitive person

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

3

thereupon; shortly thereafter

10

furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

7

quietly; soundlessly

1

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

best; ideal; perfect

4

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

conversation; talk; chat

2

reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement

1

threat; menace

2

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

3

back (side); reverse; the inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

5

undercurrent

1

aah

2

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

1

adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently

3

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1