jpdb beta

back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards

1

rock; boulder; crag

2

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

1

suspicious character (person, figure)

3

nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet

2

passing through without stopping; passing by

4

portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)

3

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

7

honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

6

practical; realistic; pragmatic

2

private; personal

1

poetic

1

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

9

while; during; performed in this condition

1

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

5

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

5

locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent

11

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

9

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

16

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot

2

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

9

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

24

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

8

to recall; to remember

2

nasal cavity

6

to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell

3

bitter-tasting bug

2

(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)

21

(very) beginning; start

2

answering machine; answerphone

11

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

4

self; oneself

3

putting off; postponing

4

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

2

easy; simple; plain

1

the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

5

good sense

1

in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

4

mortar; plaster; stucco

2

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

5

old Japanese-style house

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

8

caller; visitor; company; guest

1

twosome; duo; pair

3

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

10

shovel

1

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

3

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

2