jpdb beta

ill-mannered; rude

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

3

central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider

2

head of a family; patriarch; matriarch

6

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

3

deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched

1

famous scene (e.g. in a movie or play)

1

ahem; harrumph

1

family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

3

right foot; right leg

5

socks; sock; stockings; stocking

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

4

salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity

1

eight-tenths

1

seasoning with salt; amount of salt

2

reduction of salt; sodium restriction

1

to eat too much; to overeat

1

must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall

1

staff meeting

4

poor student

2

to begin some form of lifestyle

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

2

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

3

to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

1

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

3

another thing; exception; special case

1

dinosaur

3

to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

3

soup of sōmen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

1

by chance; coincidentally; as it happens

1

being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

2

special training; intensive training; crash course

8

Inagawa Junji (1947.8-)

6

limited time; limited-time offer

1

to overcome (a difficulty)

1

huh; I'll be damned; well!

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

2

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

3

succeeding; following; trailing; next

2

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

3

to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

1

before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)

3

ladies first

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

1

entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

3