jpdb beta

interference; intervention; meddling

3

custom; practice; convention; precedent

1

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

8

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

4

long wallet

1

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

9

gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream

2

pity; sorrow; grief; misery

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

2

first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

1

the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

4

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

tear-stained face

1

to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

2

to summon; to get used to call

7

before the gate; in front of the gate

3

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

manyfold

1

ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

6

west

3

at parting; on parting

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

to be (doing)

4

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

3

anguish

3

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

14

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

2

with a crack; with a smash

1

quickly

1

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

2

soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

1

such and such; so and so

1

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

in a good mood; cheerful

1

cough; ahem

6

perhaps; maybe; by some chance

1

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

1

to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew

1

separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)

1

languidly; loosely

5

aimlessly; without a goal

7

upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

6

favourable wind; favorable wind

1