jpdb beta

readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation

1

evergreen oak

1

profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

1

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

12

expectation; anticipation; forecast

1

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

laboratory

1

to hold up in one's arms

5

all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking

1

silver; silver coin; silver (color)

2

rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed

1

weekly holiday

1

shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine

8

bucket; pail

2

beginning of spring

1

to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)

1

warm; mild; genial

1

body; one's fortune

1

shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold

2

to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

3

wild boar; wild pig

1

soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

1

soccer; (association) football; seersucker

1

basketball

1

defense (esp. in sports); defence

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

2

to throw into; to dump in together

4

woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)

1

the same generation; coeval

2

almost every day; almost daily

2

bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage

1

mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with

2

article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since

1

wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

1

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

2

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

3

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

2

The Tale of Genji (Heian-period classic)

1

love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

1

to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)

2

to have a rumor circulating

4

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

to stretch (unbend) oneself

2

spice

1

sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

2

correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education

1

superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); the elite; person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)

2

girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski

2

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

1