jpdb beta

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

3

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

1

to blaze up; to burn up

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

2

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

2

apology; excuse

2

against; contrary to

2

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

2

number; amount

7

to increase; to grow

5

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

5

to grow; to develop; to grow up

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

3

bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing

1

one's own property; possessions

1

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

9

cylindrical bamboo fishing basket

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

2

passive

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

3

earthworm

1

earthworm

1

rosary; string of prayer beads

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

2

fish hook

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

1

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

1

to show off; to flaunt

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

autonomous

3

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

1

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

3

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once

4

on the way back; returning

1

in this case

2

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

9

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

1

greenish brown

1

Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice

2

tie; necktie

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

10

to be found; to be discovered

6