jpdb beta

learning; study

3

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

6

voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

6

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

7

desperation; struggle to the death

2

outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)

3

flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

8

stripe

2

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

9

amount of light; quantity of light

9

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

2

to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty

2

foot; leg

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

3

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

2

each other; one another

8

awareness; realization; noticing

4

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

7

vulva; female genitals; female genital area

1

expansion; extension; elongation; stretching

1

speed limit; speed regulation

1

in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

1

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

3

precision; accuracy

10

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

6

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

8

genius; prodigy; natural gift

4

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

62

to come back; to bloom a second time

2

detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright

4

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

45

eternity; perpetuity

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

13

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

12

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

to show in; to usher in

2

to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle

5

to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby

1

to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out

1

amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal

10

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

3

chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness

3

nonstop (journey)

1

eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

3

renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)

10

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

3

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

11

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

5

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

3

to pick at; to peck at

1