jpdb beta

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

2

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

3

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout

2

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji

1

more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting

1

countless; incalculable

1

circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars

1

rival; competitor; competition

1

having the same family name and given name (as someone else)

1

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

unreasonable; naughty

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

3

value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

(doing) together

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

roadside; wayside; route

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

2

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

2

sense of orientation; sense of direction

1

thigh

1

to walk in on; to tread upon

1

completely; entirely; wholly

1

end-of-year; year-end

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

1

to age; to become old

2

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

3

foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

1

to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

1

mist; haze

2

Latin (language)

3

modern style; modernness

1

old woman

1

I; as for me

2

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

1

goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

6

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

3

to rescue; to free

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision

1