jpdb beta

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

5

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

cask; barrel

2

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

lecture

1

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

2

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

2

old soldier

2

to disappear; to vanish

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

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

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

2

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

commemorative stamp; cachet

1

wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

2

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

2

all year round

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

1

to answer; to reply

1

having been told something so often that one is fed up with it

1

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

1

spittoon

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

2

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

3

camel

2

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

only recently; just of late

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

sharp-edged tool; sharp weapon; convenience; facility; superior talent; outstanding ability

1

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1