jpdb beta

new discovery; new invention

1

acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat

1

worshipper; admirer

1

to collect; to assemble; to gather

6

like this; this sort; this way

7

to that extent; so (much)

1

eyebrow

3

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

5

report; information

3

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

10

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

5

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

2

long time; long interval; for quite some time

2

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

2

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

7

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

5

in the city

2

disturbance; kerfuffle

1

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

1

only; just; merely; no more than

2

thirty; 30

2

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

as was expected; sure enough

1

noise; boisterousness

1

(arch.) three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China)

1

like; as if; the same as

4

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

2

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

2

error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense

2

to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool

2

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

2

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

4

sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

2

string made from twisted paper

1

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

2

having not the slightest idea

2

diagonal

1

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

1

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

5

to giggle

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

2

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

4

scenery; scene; landscape

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

1