jpdb beta

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

1

association; union; guild

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

2

government office; public office

3

small and medium

1

true state; actual condition; reality

2

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

2

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

4

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

agriculture

8

political measures; policy

1

(something) fickle; (something) very changeable

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

3

deadlock; stalemate

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

3

miso soup

1

(feeling of) hunger

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

3

rope

3

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

Japan

1

sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

invader

1

oh; ah

1

flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash

1

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1

biographical dictionary

1

sneaker; sneakers

1

list; wrist

3

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)

4

sixth day of the month; six days

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

6

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

cotton

1

wind

3

(circuit) breaker

3

straight line

2

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

3

wear; abrasion

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

6

east, west, south and north

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

stationery shop; a stationer

1

magnet; compass

2