jpdb beta

trembling voice; quavering voice

1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

1

to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

2

next time (occasion)

1

to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

1

to overdo; to do too much

1

entrance; entering; admission; admittance

1

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

1

fast approach; quick intimacy

2

languidly; loosely

1

fashion magazine

2

saint; holy woman

1

scriptures; canon; teaching guide

1

waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time

1

couple

2

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

screening (a movie); showing

14

repeater; repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

2

device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity

2

an art; one talent

1

route for a date; course of activities for dating couples

1

town

2

listings magazine; informational magazine

2

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

2

academic book; scholarly book; learned book; tome

1

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

1

antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

1

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

1

to give the stamp of approval

1

the following week; the next week

1

path through forest; woodland path; logging road

1

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

3

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

4

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

2

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

3

ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

2

limits; end; bounds

3

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

2

open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; open (space); spacious

1

seam; joint

1

delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver

1

learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example

3

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

2

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1