jpdb beta

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

rice field; rice paddy; paddy field

2

to come within sight

1

season; time of year

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

2

easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do

1

temple; shrine; sanctuary

3

creation; Creation (by God)

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

4

currency

2

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather

1

horizon (related to land)

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

3

to contribute jointly

1

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

villager

1

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

2

one (straw) bagful

1

the coming days

1

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

1

period of time; time slot; time zone

2

(means of) raising money

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

1

breakfast

1

polished rice; (uncooked) white rice

2

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

1

several types; several kinds; several species

1

sea; ocean; waters

1

future; distant future

2

two weeks; fortnight

1

to discuss; to talk together

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

2

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing

1

sampling food; tasting; trying

2

so far as

2

steam; vapour; vapor

1

comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

1

natto (fermented soybeans)

7

cohesion; adhesion

1

daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep

1

preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

1

had better ...; may as well ...

1