jpdb beta

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

4

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

ingredient; foodstuff

4

thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal

2

early on; earlier on; from early

1

parting; farewell

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

4

just past noon; afternoon

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

2

to increase; to grow

4

cultivation

1

in all

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

4

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

5

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

evasion; avoidance

3

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

to be worried; to be troubled

5

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

strategy; tactics

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

3

forcibly; against one's will

2

the number of days; date

2

about when; about what time; how soon

2

ninth day of the month; nine days

1

to be too short

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

1

item; something that one "just has to have"

2

one's self-possession; one's presence of mind

2

rare item; unusual item

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

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)

1

parent and child

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

3

absolute secrecy

5

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

3

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

be; is

2

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2

from the viewpoint of; according to

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

5