jpdb beta

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

brain; brains; mind

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

4

experience

2

kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices

1

to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

5

going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

10

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

2

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

2

to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

to wash away; to rinse off

1

hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous

1

Japanese person

1

pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg

1

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

2

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

3

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

3

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

3

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)

1

contemporary writing; modern text; modern Japanese writing; modern Japanese (as a school subject); literature written since the Meiji period

2

sound of rainfall

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

raindrop

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

1

man; male; masculine gender

1

(licensed) teacher

1

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

2

subject; theme

1

Sōseki Natsume (1867-1916; novelist)

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

page; nth page; page ...

1

notice; attention; observation

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note

3