jpdb beta

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

4

private house

4

locking

3

to leave open

1

bicycle; bike

2

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

noise; sound

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

2

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook

2

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

4

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

3

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

7

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

4

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

1

to tell a lie; to fib

3

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

5

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

6

cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief

1

maggot; larva; grub

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

4

to leave food half-eaten

1

long and narrow

2

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

1

chrysalis; pupa

1

imago; adult (insect)

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

1

the second time

2

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

5

three times; thrice; third (interval)

2

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

2

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

antipathy; prejudice

1

fourth-year student

1

attendance (at school); going to school

1

desk

1

plastic

1

storage container; preservation container

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater

3