jpdb beta

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

9

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

1

younger sister

1

ridiculous; odd

1

treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

1

which; what (way)

5

descendant; posterity; offspring

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

1

godparent; first person to give something its name

1

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

1

prime-; prime symbol (')

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

star

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

2

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

top part; surface

1

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all

1

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

1

with a grin

1

meaning; connotation; denotation

1

coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

private house

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

stir; commotion; noise

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

ghost story

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

4

handrail; railing; banister

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

2

fool

1

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1