jpdb beta

scene; sight; scenario; setting

1

older sister; lass; young lady

2

brand new; fresh

1

firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

to relapse; to reassert; to review

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

1

to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)

1

straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road

2

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

money and goods

1

nearest; closest

1

post office

1

to hand over; to surrender

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

showy; ostentatious

1

hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping

1

to jump up and down; to hop

1

the same as always; day after day

1

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

apathetic; indifferent

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another

1

pointing out; identification

1

clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

Watanabe

1

abdomen

1

stabbing repeatedly

2

irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume

1

article; news story; report; account

1

food

1

to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

1

turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing

1

ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

6

400; four hundred

3

to save; to leave over; to spare

1

comic book

1

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

1

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

soft serve ice cream (icecream)

7

one's share; one's portion

1

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

to fall asleep

1