jpdb beta

starvation; famine; hunger

1

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

hysteria

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

2

determination; resolution

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

4

bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath

3

(hand) towel

3

rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

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

3

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

folding into four; quarto

1

diary

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

3

sleeping away from home

1

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

10

similar tastes

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

7

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

5

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

2

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

6

counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)

36

peak; mountain

37

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

such and such

1

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

cash book

4

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

practical use; utility

1

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

1

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

3

to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to

1

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

simplicity; plainness

1

samurai; warrior; military family

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

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