jpdb beta

letter; missive; note; mail

5

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

1

to hide oneself

4

clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled

1

to tower over the surroundings

3

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

1

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

1

sunset

5

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

4

coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler

2

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

2

notes; instructions

1

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

total fire ban; no source of ignition permitted; no open flame; flammables!

3

paper

2

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

6

to be mad about; to be hooked on

1

wheat flour

7

to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

starch

1

paste; glue; clothing starch

1

cask; barrel

3

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

waterproof cloth

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

2

warning; advice

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

2

sales message; sales copy

1

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

1

seizure; attachment; foreclosure

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

maybe; could be; might

1

ill-omened; unlucky

1

never again

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

reply; response; answer

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

3

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

2

eastern gate

3

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

3

east side; east bank

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

3