jpdb beta

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

2

sickroom; hospital room; ward

2

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

1

(corrugated) cardboard

1

to demolish; to tear down; to pull down

1

term deposit; (fixed) time deposit

1

ordinary bank account

1

classbook; yearbook; graduation album

1

note-type PC

1

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

1

value; worth; merit

3

leather

1

circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

tiredness; fatigue

1

to look old; to get old

1

museum

1

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

1

to do as one likes

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

4

chicken meat

1

minced meat; ground meat

1

seasoning; flavour; flavor

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

3

whenever you want; any time you like

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

2

newspaper

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

1

Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves

1

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

1

udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

1

commander; commanding officer; CO

2

artificial; unnatural

1

hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!

1

internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

1

end; close

1

cause of defeat

1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

1

needle-shaped; pointed

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2