jpdb beta

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

7

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

7

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

2

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

1

evidence; proof

4

this person

1

even

1

granite

2

moisture; humidity; dampness

2

salty sea breeze; salt wind

1

number of tatami (mats)

1

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

1

number; amount

5

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

12

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

1

bedding; bedclothes

1

to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat

1

counter for books; volume

3

notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card

5

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

5

Egypt

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

which; well; now; c'mon

1

at a glance; by accident

2

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

5

but; however; although

12

mother

2

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

7

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

2

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

9

page

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

13

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

8

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

5

Samon

46

voices (of many people)

3

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

3

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

was; were

29

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

4

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

10

thousands of miles

1

foreign lands

2

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

5

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

2

one thin flat object; one sheet

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2