jpdb beta

opinion; intention; thought

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

3

affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella

6

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

1

independent; unaffiliated; self-funding

4

release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery

1

hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

2

five o'clock

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

2

plain meal

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

2

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

1

painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

1

four-legged tray for festive food

3

softish; relatively soft; somewhat soft; on the soft side

1

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

2

taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

1

full of ingredients; hearty; substantial

1

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

6

river fish; freshwater fish

1

grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt

1

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

1

small talk; chat; gossip

2

obvious; transparent

1

demand for; request

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

3

structure

2

living in a group; communal living; community life

2

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

2

structure; building

5

(a) light; lights; lamp

2

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

2

refining; refinement; smelting; training

1

to weave

1

dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)

1

washi; Japanese paper

1

to make something (e.g. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

1

crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

1

(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer

1

cement

3

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

limestone

5

plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)

1

fine powder

3