jpdb beta

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

forbidding look; uncanny look

2

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

1

radiant

1

purity; innocence

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

1

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

1

to ponder; to brood

3

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

reply; answer; response

3

coloured paper; colored paper

1

beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball

1

decorative paper with colourful patterns or figures (colorful)

3

older brother

33

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

1

origami; art of paper folding; hallmark; certificate of authenticity

2

alternate; alternation

2

tendon

3

dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination

1

to entertain; to treat

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

4

near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

1

Nitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)

2

flake; thin slice; thin layer; lamina; lamella; leaf

2

way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout

1

forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

2

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

sleepiness; drowsiness

1

to hatch (out)

1

features; appearance

1

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

4

out of character; unlike one

1

guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

3

facing of a tatami mat

1

child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)

2

to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

2

sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary

4

to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at

1

to pretend; to act (as if)

3

virtue

1

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period

2

to blow (one's nose)

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

2

avant-garde art

1

objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio

1

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

6

item; event

1

after tax income; net income

1