jpdb beta

plain; moor; prairie

7

stray dog; ownerless dog

2

(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back

2

sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

5

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

5

fast pace; quick pace

4

private house

7

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

7

thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof

1

may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

14

to explain the situation

1

long journey; long trip

22

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

2

way; method; means; resource; course

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

5

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

1

hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight

2

different room; another room; separate rooms

4

soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light

5

sutra; Buddhist scriptures

14

arista; awn; (grain) beard

2

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

2

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

I; as for me

3

straining one's ears

2

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

4

to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled

7

to shave

10

to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

5

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

3

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

2

nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)

2

eyeball

2

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

1

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

3

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

14

sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji

9

outside the house

2

brown; light brown; tawny

10

calls and sounds made by insects

2

to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

1

way of talking; speaking style

14

to smile pleasantly

3

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

7

brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

8

graveyard; cemetery

2

thud; thump; bang

4