jpdb beta

room to let; room for rent

4

raid; attack; invasion

1

this evening; tonight

1

late; slowly

1

evening; evening hour

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

5

newspaper reporter; print journalist

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

waxing and waning; phases of moon

1

motorboat

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

counter for (small) boats

1

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

1

Japanese-style ship

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

2

observer; watchman; lifeguard

2

boy; man; male

2

internal; domestic

1

middle age

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

20 years old

1

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

1

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

2

expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by

1

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

1

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

prime of life

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

rear guard; second reserve

1

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

2

military service; conscription

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

island group; archipelago

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

2

occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle

2

warrior; samurai

1

small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland

7

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

fisherman

1

a few years ago; some years back

1

duralumin

4

factory worker; craftsman; artisan

3

existence; being

1

variety store

1

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

2

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

1

rice shop; rice dealer

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1