jpdb beta

flour; meal; powder; dust

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

3

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

5

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

4

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

3

young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy

1

brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

6

one month

4

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

1

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

7

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

10

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

2

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

1

other people; others

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

(hand) towel

4

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

4

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

3

pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia

2

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

3

wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to

11

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

16

one month

3

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

10

youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

12

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

12

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

3

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

2

time; pause; space; room

2

nobody knows

1

very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

4

to say; to be called; to do

2

only; merely; but; no more than

9

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

5

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

6