jpdb beta

straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (of a ship); forefoot

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

petal

1

scooping

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

small plate; small dish

1

mentsuyu; noodle soup base; mixture of dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

dessert; desert

3

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

2

to go to see; to visit

3

on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually

1

lamp; light

3

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

1

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

1

giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)

2

light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)

1

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

2

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

1

darkness; the dark

2

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

4

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

1

to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in

1

quietly; soundlessly

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

sigh

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

4

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot

2

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

5

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

to begrudge doing; to find bothersome

1

rarely; seldom

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1