jpdb beta

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

1

caw caw (cry of a crow); crow

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

7

soba restaurant

8

to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

2

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

2

to grate

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

2

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

2

earlobe

2

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

2

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

5

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

pure white; snow white

1

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

1

pearl

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

3

to knead into

1

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

1

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening

1

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

7

(small) stone; rock; pebble

1

early afternoon

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

appearance; look

1

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

3

to hide; to keep to oneself

1

slight yawn

1

to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death

1

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles

12

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

(just) a little more

1

hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh

1

should do; ought to do

1

to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

3