jpdb beta

heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog

5

to form groups

3

meaningless; pointless

1

(artificial) fly; fly lure

8

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

1

funeral

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

2

to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain

3

test of one's strength; test of one's ability

1

sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

1

sniffling; sniffing

1

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

3

rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain

1

environmental change

1

to look upward

3

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)

31

being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

broom

1

small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap

1

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

6

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

1

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

2

to become hoarse; to become husky

1

(one's) 80s; eighties

1

perfectly round; perfectly circular

1

brat; kid; urchin; little devil

1

to turn completely into; to become completely

1

magnanimity; tolerance; large eyes

1

being in shape; holding a dignified appearance

1

with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind

1

washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)

1

destiny

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

wife

2

's house; 's home

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

hills and fields; countryside

1

unspecified large number (of people)

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

2

virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister

11

jealousy

3

to let someone say

2

every evening; night after night

2

incurable illness

4

short play; skit

1

everybody

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2