jpdb beta

hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

2

(traffic) congestion

1

crowd of people

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

fire; flame; blaze

5

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

mule

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

2

living being

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible

1

pluralizing suffix

3

death by drowning

1

drowned body of a person

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle; to find difficult to manage

1

one (bird)

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

4

faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

ash; ashes

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

(a) row; line

1

railing; guard rail; (arch.) (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (arch.) (flowing) endlessly (of tears)

2

to be folded under or inside

1

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

2

second (in a series)

1

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure

2

prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures

1

in the dark

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

8

one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

1

scenery; scene; landscape

2

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

2

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

4

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

to be under control; to burn down; to decline; to drop; to wane

1

black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot

1

clear; distinct; evident; definite

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

2

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary

2

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

4

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

2