jpdb beta

countdown

3

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

oath; vow

1

first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

1

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

samba

1

New Year's Eve; end of the year

3

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

2

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape

4

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

1

alcohol; sake

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

1

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

transparent; clear

1

end-of-year

1

choice; selection

1

snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

1

runner-up

1

cantaloupe-flavoured soda

1

to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

snack (to have with a drink); side dish

1

coincident with; while; simultaneously

2

to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion

5

delicious; tasty

1

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

1

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

2

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

second half; latter half

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

1

scarce; few remaining

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2

date; dating

2

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

nice person; good-natured person

1

peace; peace sign; V sign

1

long-sleeved kimono

1

fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

1

gambling

1