jpdb beta

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

2

face; looks; vestiges; trace

4

major powers of the world; great powers

1

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

2

charm; incantation; spell; curse

2

origin; appearance of auspicious omen

1

allegory; fable; parable

1

to replace; to move; to change the position of

1

worry; anxiety; concern

2

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

3

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

4

fluent (in a language); flowing

3

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

inscrutable; incomprehensible

2

truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith

1

to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

1

rational; reasonable; logical

5

thousands; several thousand

2

many; a multiplicity of

1

matter to be checked or investigated

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

3

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

1

one's internal clock

1

sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch

1

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

1

to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many

1

Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

2

to soil one's clothes

1

wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

1

round, wooden container for cooked rice

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

1

eleven o'clock

1

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

3

to have one's leg cramp

1

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

3

pool for soaking seed rice before planting

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

pond

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

5

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

3

deadly serious; deadly earnest

3

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

2

in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

2

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

1