jpdb beta

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

9

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

3

things at hand; personal belongings

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

2

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

6

this time; now

6

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

2

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

3

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

4

to grasp tightly

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

1

to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow

1

level ground; plain; flatland

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

4

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

being in; being at home

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

feelings; thoughts; meaning

2

hindrance; intrusion

3

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

6

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

2

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

2

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

3

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

2

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

4

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

13

metallic sound; metallic clank

2

ground; earth's surface

9

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

3

golden (colour, color)

1

big; large; great

10

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

5

form; shape; figure; visage

2

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

impossible

1

Warlock

1

lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill

1

treasure chest; strongbox

1

room; apartment; flat

2

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1