jpdb beta

chill; shakes; ague

4

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

2

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

help

2

insensitive person

4

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

3

wind and rain; rainstorm

2

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)

6

sugar

2

to swarm; to gather

3

ant

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

6

publication; issue; launching (a publication)

2

from now on

7

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

4

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

5

purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce

13

gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)

6

stay; sojourn

3

western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

1

debut; first appearance

3

clear writing; specification

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

2

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

3

boiled tofu

1

wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection

1

to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

1

writer; author

7

(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand

2

ten-year-old; ten year old

3

deception; deceit

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

1

academic

1

application binary interface; ABI

1

service area

1

reply; response

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

information technology; IT

2

noisy; confused; uproarious

4

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

5

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

5

boisterous dance; dancing wildly

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

2

to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

5

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

10

erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry

4

one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer

1