jpdb beta

national polity

1

depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

2

bitter experience

2

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

3

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

1

lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body

1

to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

1

factor; factor; divisor

2

chisel

1

with a pop; with a squish; grainy; crunchy; bubble wrap; small grains

1

assailant; marauder

1

middle teens

2

late teens

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

spatial; space-like

1

penetration; permeation; transmission

1

limited; restricted; constrained

1

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

9

to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

1

somewhat below; slightly below

2

mushrooming; mushroom picking; mushroom gathering

1

roasting in foil wrapper; food roasted wrapped in foil

8

to engage in lively conversation

2

maker; builder; creator; farmer

1

to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow

1

latent; potential

1

to snatch; to steal

2

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally

3

10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable

1

a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

2

arriving five minutes early; being ready five minutes early; practice of always being early (to ensure punctuality)

1

experiences

3

to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess

8

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

1

matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)

6

transcendental

3

fragrant; aromatic

1

Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)

1

food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot

2

truffle

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

10

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

2

more than friends, less than lovers

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

6

madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for); from the heart; entirely; completely

4

without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end

1

plumber

1