jpdb beta

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

5

bag

3

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

with eyes half-closed

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

2

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

1

highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

2

east

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

1

Boso Peninsula

1

east side; east bank

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

2

river; stream; River; the ... river

2

swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths

1

arrival

1

beach hut; beachside clubhouse

4

beach

2

before one's eyes

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

3

sandy beach

9

here and there; in places

1

beach umbrella; beach parasol

5

wired; cabled; communication by wire

1

speaker

1

music

1

water's edge; beach; foreshore

3

cheer; shout of joy

5

to blow through; to blow across

2

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

1

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

1

plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

2

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

4

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

2

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

2

beautiful woman

4

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

3

that's the way it is; such is life

3

sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos

1

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

2

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

rule

2

legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

2

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1