jpdb beta

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

7

to sprout; to put forth buds

1

vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue

5

bud; sprout

3

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

1

light and darkness; light and shade

1

slip-on shoes; sandals

1

beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering

1

to stretch (one's body)

2

fist

1

surroundings; circumference

4

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house

3

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

29

innocent; cherubic; childlike

1

downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

1

looking over someone's shoulder

2

3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

4

seedling; young plant; rice seedling

2

black terracotta; black soil

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

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

16

dividing into four; quartering

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

2

good

1

cawing (of a crow)

1

cyclamen (esp. species Cyclamen persicum)

3

seedling; plant raised from the seed

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

4

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

5

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

4

to warm (up); to heat (up)

2

mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

5

to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

to point at

1

fourteen; 14

1

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

2

brazier; hibachi

4

germination; sprouting; budding

1

culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

4

a few years later

1