jpdb beta

stray dog

10

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

3

guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior

3

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

2

relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going

1

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

2

(pet) owner; keeper

5

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

1

to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

5

adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover

2

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

to sniff out; to catch the scent of

1

(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

1

vitality; ability to earn a living

2

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

3

priest's garb

3

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

1

smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

6

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

bright; intelligent

2

an eye for people; the ability to judge character

1

field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers

3

to start eating

3

abstract concept; abstraction; abstract idea

4

language of one's country; mother tongue; native language

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion

2

caviar; caviare

7

French (language)

1

salary; wages; pay

3

food expense

1

to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

serious; not joking; straight

3

security-related; from the stand-point of safety

2

employee's work day

1

scrambled eggs

4

toaster oven

2

raspberry

1

jam

2

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

1

Shirley Temple

1

mayonnaise

3

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

4

sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)

3

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

3

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

2

to serve God

1

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

1

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1