jpdb beta

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

2

snowfall; snow

1

fallen snow; snow cover

2

sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori

1

orchid; Netherlands; Holland

1

wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather

1

heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)

3

Cairo

1

beyond imagination; unimaginable

3

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

jealousy

2

pair

1

smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed

1

to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially

2

flush; blush

4

to keep to oneself (secret, etc.)

1

heartbeat

1

finger flick to the forehead

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

2

sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat

3

to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of

5

dandruff

3

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to twitch

3

all night; throughout the night

2

locked in a grapple

1

state of emergency

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

15

determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

1

running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes

1

menacing; threatening

1

(foot) race; sprint

1

to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

1

preachy; sanctimonious

2

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

3

to sidle up to

3

to get enough sleep

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

5

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

2

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

2

sexual union; congress

2

zero; nought

2

to cross a river

1

government permission; official licence; official license; government permit

4

fury; frenzy; madness; wildness

1

to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

2

going north

1