jpdb beta

family vacation; family trip

2

as much as one can take or carry away

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

2

washroom; bathroom

2

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

2

to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession

2

regret; repentance

1

to point upward; to look upward; to improve

1

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

7

to become an expert; to be a master (of)

1

rice flour; rice flour dough

1

to harvest (a crop)

1

slightly; faintly

2

instant noodles

1

to parboil; to scald

4

simple; simplified; easy; plain

6

thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living

1

help; assistance; service

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

5

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

3

(deeply held) resentment

1

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

3

confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard); (arch.) metal sword guard; (arch.) polearm

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

3

then; well then; if so

12

stealthy steps; soft steps

4

irony; rhetorical question

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

but; even so; still; that said

2

good heavens!; oh my god!; gee whiz

6

to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

beginning of spring

2

double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine

1

compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

1

I; me

1

innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

litre; liter

2

open (for business)

2

about this time

4

being invited

5

store; shop

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

3

cold war; the Cold War

2

to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain

2

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

4

effect; virtue; efficacy; one's dominant eye

1

second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

1

arrival; coming; advent

4

one beat

1