jpdb beta

roadside; wayside

1

withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

4

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

2

whoops; oops; gulp; ulp; ugh; yuck

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

1

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

1

sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

3

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

5

marshy grassland; wetlands

3

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

2

barren land; sterile soil; wasteland

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

to bear fruit

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

there is nothing

5

one tree

1

love; affection

4

definite; sure

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

spongy

1

hectare

2

hectare (2.471 acres)

1

log

1

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

sign (e.g. roadside, in park, etc.)

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

3

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

4

to thrust or cast away; to look upon with detachment

1

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

1

very rich person; the super rich

1

prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals

1

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

1

to have the nerve to

1

development; exploitation

1

farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

5

calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)

2

road; highway

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

1

to fade; to discolour; to discolor

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

3

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

10

giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot

3