jpdb beta

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

3

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

2

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

marriage

9

summer

6

months and years

3

to be infected; to be contagious

1

imagination; supposition; guess

8

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

13

beginning; outset; first; onset

9

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

18

unrelated

1

general public; the masses

1

bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

5

grain (of wood)

2

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

3

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

2

bottom; buttocks

2

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

29

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

2

(a) bath

1

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

4

one week

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

2

splashing (water); chubby (and cute); plump

1

to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

5

to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

4

empty stomach; hunger

4

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

33

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

7

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

14

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

3

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo

3

two weeks; fortnight

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

9

awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

5

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

1

dirt; filth; grime

2

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

2

reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

2

roof

4

balcony

2

(arch.) chimney; kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe

2