jpdb beta

writing; composition; essay; sentence

8

rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings

1

sweet-potato vines

5

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

12

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

4

bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute

2

staple food

10

yield; crop; production; volume; piecework

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

6

straight (e.g. whiskey)

1

tax reduction; tax avoidance; tax planning

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

2

LOL; haha

1

(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall

4

grounds; premises

3

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

3

tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)

10

political measures; policy

3

undershorts; underpants

6

nudity; stark naked

5

to fall in drops; to drip down; to trickle down

1

several drops

3

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

1

to be overcome with emotion

1

naked body; nudity

1

(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly

1

to talk in one's sleep

1

that kind; competition; match

6

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

3

romanticism

1

deck (of a ship)

11

flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

4

growth period; growing season

2

of all people

2

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

4

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

2

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

3

scolding

2

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

1

stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person

4

thinking back now; looking back

4

red hair

13

middle-aged man; uncle

1

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

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

7

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

pain; ache; -algia

2

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

1