jpdb beta

next spring

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

2

happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

2

to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

1

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

4

the other day; lately; recently; during this period

2

flood; freshet; inundation

1

crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe

1

foundation; basis

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

2

madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic

1

by the end of the year

3

to count; to enumerate

3

as planned

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

3

(how) many times; (how) often

3

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

river water; stream

2

leather

5

scrubbing brush; scourer

1

resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)

1

seven times; many times; seventh (interval)

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

2

professional gambler; gamester

1

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

5

appearance; look; dress

2

estate; plot of land

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

16

fishing village

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

4

laziness; lazy person

2

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

3

very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post

2

third day of the month; three days

8

they

2

to chase away; to drive away; to drive out

1

the winter sun

5

to stoop; to bend over

1

thinking about something else

2

dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

1

with hands in pockets; idleness

2

to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger

2

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

1

first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student

2