jpdb beta

menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule

2

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

3

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

1

reading comprehension; ability to read and understand

1

national border; provincial border

2

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

without leaving any trace

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

push-button quiz; buzz-to-answer quiz

1

demanding; difficult; strict

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race

1

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

2

school of one's (first, second) choice

3

department (faculty) of literature

2

paper cup

2

strange voice

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

2

no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

2

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

1

pair

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

2

to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)

1

to refuse; to reject; to deny

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop

1

noisy; confused; uproarious

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

patrol car

1

driver's seat (in a car)

1

police officer; policeman; constable

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

3

to have an accident; to meet with an accident

3

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

4

real harm; actual damage

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

2

to possess; to haunt

18

complete recovery of health

2

special case; exception

2

alopecia areata; spot baldness

2

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

3

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

box of cakes

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

2

marriage proposal; courtship

1

short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions

1