jpdb beta

soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)

2

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

3

in search of; in order to look for

1

to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)

2

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

time capsule

2

piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

2

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

3

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

2

reluctantly

1

international phone call

1

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

16

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

3

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

well then; right

1

cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu

1

rice (esp. when served on a plate)

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

1

locked in a grapple

2

deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

4

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

word processor

2

2D; two dimensional

1

floppy (disk)

1

graduation thesis

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

8

bookbinding; binding (a book)

1

moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

1

literature

1

starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

2

middle and high-school students

1

(wooden) pencil

4

fantasy

1

horror

1

drawing or writing in pencil

1

spaceship

1

let's; let's do

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

4

title

1

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

1

Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

2

first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

1

eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood

5

inking a pencil sketch

2

four-panel comic strip; yonkoma

2

anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

1

it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...

1