jpdb beta

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

6

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

1

brass

2

double (two-leaf) door

2

to take a picture

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

11

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

19

with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new

2

sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

2

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

7

to sniff; to smell

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

1

(cow's) milk

6

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

4

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

wax (for polishing)

1

boarding; wooden floor

2

Europe

5

East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

2

snoringly

1

cockroach

7

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

7

to get dry

3

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

17

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

6

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

2

outside Japan

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

16

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

6

this much; this amount

2

can; tin; canned food

2

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

5

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

4

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

2

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

3

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

calm; composed; cool; quiet

2

feel sick; feel unwell

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

4

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

23

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

1

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

10

abbreviation

5

foreign country

3

confusion; mixing; merger

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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