jpdb beta

before long; even now

1

one drop (of fluid)

2

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

cloud

2

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

oracle; revelation; divine message

3

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

8

negative; minus

1

intuition; instinct; hunch

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

5

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

2

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

17

weather

1

restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

7

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

2

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

4

messenger; envoy; emissary

2

firm; company

16

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

20

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

8

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

7

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

3

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

2

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

2

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

4

boy; man; male

3

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

2

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

close attention; (watching with) keen interest

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

2

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

approval; endorsement

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

25

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

21

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

14

to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

1

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

1

worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated

2

house-cloth; dust cloth

1

common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open

5

reference; allusion

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

6

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1