jpdb beta

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

free time; time at leisure

14

sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor

5

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

(younger) sister

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

27

three times; thrice; third (interval)

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

2

collection of books; (personal) library

5

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

2

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

1

dozens; scores of; decades

3

counter for books; volume

3

several hundred; hundreds (of)

1

reference room

2

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

2

to look old; to get old

1

comfortable; pleasant

2

to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized

1

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

acceleration; speeding up

2

appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own

1

librarian

2

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

8

so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

5

indeed; really; truly; very much

9

to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

1

left end; left edge

1

polite; respectful; reverent

1

to move around; to move about; to get around

4

preferential

1

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

to share

1

sprinkling; dropping in small light bits

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

(wandering) minstrel; troubadour

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

2

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

2

collection; compilation

1

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

2

to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

2

to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

1

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

2

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1