jpdb beta

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

2

all the more; still more

1

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

3

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

estate; plot of land

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

2

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

1

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

1

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

2

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

will not do; do not; does not

3

thousand; 1,000

8

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

8

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

3

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

1

tatami-matted

1

vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

3

praise; glorification; extolment

1

Chinese poem

1

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

1

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

1

unveiling ceremony

1

stone wall

2

looking at each other; postponement; suspension; interruption

1

father

1

child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child

1

(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

4

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out

1

worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

9

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

3

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

10

generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal

2

to give; to do (something) for

2

cask; barrel

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

1

balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)

1

to swarm; to gather

5

I; me

1

edge of town; outskirts of a village

1

eaves; edge of the eaves

1

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

2

corn (Zea mays); maize

1

cosmos; garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus); Mexican aster

3

cock; rooster

1