jpdb beta

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

2

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

drama; play; Chinese opera

5

one act (of a play); scene; event

1

moonlight

1

pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire

1

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

1

southern country; southern provinces; southern lands

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

1

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

4

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

2

success in life

3

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

3

ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

2

danger; peril; hazard; risk

2

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

himself; he himself

2

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

trend of the times; way things are going

1

command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

3

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

rich person; millionaire; the wealthy

1

exaggeration

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

22

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

5

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

3

cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm

1

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)

2

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

3

stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

2

belief; faith; conviction

2

shaking; swaying

1

trial; test; try

1

to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy

3

cousin (younger female)

4

diplomat

2

third; no. three

3

building expenses; construction costs

1

radio

1

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

back street; back alley; slums

2

main street (as opposed to a side street); high street

2

radical

1

social science

1