jpdb beta

continuation; succession; series; continuous

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

bucket; pail; tub

4

wooden framework; wooden frame; timberwork

1

fast descent; speedy fall

3

well bucket

3

water well

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

1

to scoop up; to dip up

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)

5

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

1

business world; business circles; (the) industry

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

1

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

2

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

2

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

10

empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

to hang down; to dangle

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

2

flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face

1

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

2

three times; thrice; third (interval)

1

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)

4

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

human figure; human form

2

disappointment; let-down

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

2

warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)

1

to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

2

lecture

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

1

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

2

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

1

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

1

closing of a school; closed school

1

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

moderate

3

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

5

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

now; come (now); well

1