jpdb beta

joke; jest; funny story

10

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

2

to be smeared; to be covered

3

to guess right

1

sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

close to the ear

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

1

update

1

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

3

Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband

1

thank you very much

2

wig; hairpiece; toupee

1

woman

1

unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

1

don't you think?; indicates question

5

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

2

or

2

Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement

2

site; plot; lot; grounds

2

letter; note

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

3

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

6

existence; being; presence

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

6

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

2

vocabulary

2

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

5

single word; a few words; brief comment

5

tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

2

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house

6

name; title

2

garden; park

2

building

4

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity

2

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

2

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

2

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

4

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

4

sliding door

4

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

4

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

3

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

2

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

4

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

4