jpdb beta

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

8

to tighten; to press hard

1

bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; sudden increase (e.g. in public interest); fast rise (e.g. in rank)

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

3

to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious

5

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

3

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

6

bikini (swimwear); Bikini island

4

hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

3

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

2

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

7

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

3

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

1

thank you; thanks a lot

1

to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

1

great haste; mad rush

1

match (to light fire with)

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1

candle

2

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

too much; excessively; too

7

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

near; nearby; not far off

1

coffin; casket

4

wax

1

beside; nearby

2

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

bright red; bright

1

sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing

3

to make a lasting impression

1

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

4

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

9

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to squat; to crouch

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

5

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

8

to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)

3