jpdb beta

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

6

to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful

2

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

3

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

6

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

2

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

2

touch; being involved in

4

speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)

1

training camp; off-campus residential course

1

free (of charge); gratuitous

2

privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk

1

sightseer; spectator; viewer

1

to change (e.g. a bill); to transfer (e.g. money); to switch over; to move over

1

conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)

1

open-top car; convertible; soft-top

7

empty can

2

honeymoon

1

motorcycle police; white-colored police motorcycle

1

guidance; leadership; leading the way

1

alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

1

festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

1

to make merry; to be festive

1

brass band

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

2

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

please look at it

3

slacks

1

public; official

1

research institution

1

to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

1

ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation

2

crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

1

reaction

1

it may be because

2

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

handbag; purse

2

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

2

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

good for the health; healthy; wholesome

3

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to answer a question

2

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

2

elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941); primary school

1