jpdb beta

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

foreign country

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

1

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

2

daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

1

happy ending

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

3

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

2

dance

3

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

4

technique

2

wide difference; a world of difference

1

ripeness; mellowness; maturity; perfection

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

to affect; to impact; to influence

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1

three-act structure (in screenwriting: setup, confrontation, resolution)

1

one act (play, etc.); scene; event

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

6

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

tiara

1

design

2

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

2

colored; color-tinted

1

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

2

to be transparent; to show through

1

objective

1

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

1

choreographer

3

to apply; to adapt

1

trivia

1

virtue

1

twice

3

Frenchman; Frenchwoman

2

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

1

grandmother

4

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

3

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

international marriage

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

3

family lineage

1