jpdb beta

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains

1

who; what kind of person

4

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

3

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

television station

1

rare event; unexpected event

1

unprecedented; record-breaking

1

boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm

1

three; 3

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

to be needed; to be wanted

6

older brother; elder brother

2

ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

5

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

living thing; organism; creature; biology

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

6

naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding

1

toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

6

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

to fear; to be afraid of

3

Nanbokuchō period (of Japan; 1336-1392); period of the Northern and Southern courts; period of the Northern and Southern dynasties (of China; 5th-6th c.)

1

source; origin

1

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

1

Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

1

to break; to smash

1

all over Japan

1

scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

1

something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

hydrogen sulphide; hydrogen sulfide; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulfuretted hydrogen

1

sulphurous acid gas; sulfurous acid gas; sulphur dioxide gas; sulfur dioxide gas

1

noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes

1

inspiration

1

episode; anecdote; vignette

1

relatively; comparatively

2

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

1

yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)

4

dilute; rare

2

what do you want?; can I help you?

2

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

4

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1