jpdb beta

(center portion of a) scroll (centre)

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

candlestick; candlestand

1

candle

4

vibrancy; strength; (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); counter for times of moxibustion

1

gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery

4

bathing suit; swimsuit

1

unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated

1

since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

4

chameleon

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

2

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

3

touch; contact

2

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

7

suction; sucking

1

pump

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

5

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

3

adding water (to a plant)

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

5

slow, relaxed walk; stroll

1

to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

2

overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora

2

to like; to prefer

8

mood; sentiment; artistic effect

1

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

4

delay

1

splash; spray; droplet

2

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

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

3

atom

2

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

4

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

8

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

3

body and soul; mind and body

3

lightly; easily; carelessly

1

wave; ups and downs

9

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

2

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

3

boundless; vast; limitless; faint; hazy; dim

1

to make up one's mind; to be determined

2

darkness

2

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

6

fog; mist; spray

22

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1