jpdb beta

squishy; springy; bouncy

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

2

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

2

sports-minded; sports-oriented

1

soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

1

payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment

2

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means

1

to not have to go; to need not go

1

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

1

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

1

gratitude; thanks; apology

1

primeval forest; virgin forest

1

a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

1

interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening

3

mountain climbing; mountaineering

1

rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

1

achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution

1

generally

1

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

1

unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track

1

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

coil

1

conditioned reflex

1

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)

1

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom

1

drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)

2

age of a building

1

old Japanese-style house

1

thank you very much

1

week

1

children

1

principle of laissez-faire

1

nursing (a patient)

1

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

second daughter

2

third daughter

1

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

8

second son

1

sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student

1

three sons; third son

1

Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

5