jpdb beta

badminton

1

(written) work; book; writings

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

6

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

4

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

1

to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate

1

original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest

2

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

2

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)

1

coexistence

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development

1

provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling

1

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

1

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

2

to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; to look with anger

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

2

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

laws (of nature); (divine) providence

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

odds and ends; all; every

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

2

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

1

adhering to (a view, policy, etc.); sticking to; holding fast to; steadfastly maintaining

1

cemetery; graveyard

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)

2

to act as an intermediary

1

new word; neologism; newly coined word; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)

1

respect for the aged

2

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

2

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

2

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

special skill

1

butterfly

1

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine

2

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

2

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2