jpdb beta

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

figure of speech; rhetorical flourish

1

unbroken; endless; continuous

1

needless to say; obviously; of course

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

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

4

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)

1

maiko; apprentice geisha; dancing girl

1

dwelling; living

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

2

sand

1

hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

2

rich person

3

holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

3

stretching of cloth

1

dam; dumb

1

Nunobikichosuichi

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burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

heavy damage; havoc; ravages

1

afforestation

1

golf links

1

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

2

garden

1

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

2

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)

1

(at a) very slow speed

1

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

3

hanging scroll; kakemono; bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.); sugared sweets

1

button (clothing); push-button

1

however; but

7

good results

1

midsummer; height of summer

1

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

2

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

3

gelatin; gelatine

1

membrane; film

1

exactly opposite (of)

3

Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree

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to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

treetop; tip of a branch

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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

1