jpdb beta

commuting to school; school commute

2

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

21

to finish; to graduate

3

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

8

in a good mood; cheerful

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

to overeat

1

to harm one's health

1

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo

2

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

next day

1

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

2

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

1

rainy

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

tanker

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

bush; shrub

1

lucky; fortunate

1

bee; wasp; hornet

15

soap bubble

6

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

2

rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

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

1

twitching

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

1

lovely; sweet

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

1

to clap

3

morning sun

1

the seven prismatic colors (colours)

1

last year

2

summer

3

to point at

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

3

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

19

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

4

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

3

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

3

to squat; to crouch

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1