jpdb beta

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

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

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

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

1

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 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

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

1

maggot; larva; grub

1

to leave food half-eaten

1

long and narrow

2

chrysalis; pupa

1

imago; adult (insect)

1

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

antipathy; prejudice

1

fourth-year student

1

attendance (at school); going to school

1

plastic

1

storage container; preservation container

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

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

3

earthworm; worm

3

harassment; pestering

2

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

2

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

resentment; indignation; anger

1

on the way home from school

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

2

one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth

3

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

1

tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

22

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

3

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

to bring (someone into a place); to lead into

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school

1

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

2