jpdb beta

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

matter of taste

2

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

2

Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

1

mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization

1

connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction

2

horizontal; level; even

1

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

3

raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

1

small boat

1

insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; stupid

1

warhorse; army horse

1

smallish; on the small side

2

to get strong; to gain strength

5

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

6

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend

2

web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade

2

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

5

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

3

illustrated story

2

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

all times and places; all ages and countries

1

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

1

casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast

3

in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale

1

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

1

Zori

5

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player

3

downstairs neighbour (neighbor); subordinate

1

the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

1

all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost

3

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

2

sympathy; compassion

2

feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering

1

to keep balance

1

rare; seldom

4

beyond one's means or position

2

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

5

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

2

motive power; driving force

2

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

3

faint smile

2

null

30

niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off

1

to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat

1