jpdb beta

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

2

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

2

four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips

3

clique; faction

1

discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

1

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

1

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

1

unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

1

motif

1

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

street stall; stand; booth

1

dyeing; dyed goods; goods to be dyed

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

3

both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

2

intimate; close

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

2

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

1

not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

2

new moon; crescent moon

4

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

3

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

1

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

2

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

1

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

1

lake

3

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

2

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

1

round and cute (esp. of eyes)

1

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

1

then; if so; if

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

3

grim face; angry look

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

3

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

2

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

2

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

2

tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

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