jpdb beta

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

4

third; no. three

3

piece; fragment; one (object)

6

well-cooked; well-done; browned

1

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

4

hell

2

contest (between performers); competitive performance; competition between theatres putting on the same show

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

1

always; usually

1

favour; favor; patronage

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

4

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

2

fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization

4

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

5

(lower) jaw; chatterbox

3

soot

3

authority and force

2

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

large animal

1

coarse; rough

1

crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)

6

burner; nozzle; origin of a fire

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1

to look into; to peer in

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

2

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue

2

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

2

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

1

clay

1

sealing or plastering up

4

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

1

early

1

not yet; un-

2

sheep (Ovis aries)

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

2

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

dawn

8

hourglass

3

the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar

1

time; hour; moment

1

straw mat

2

superb view; picturesque scenery

1

strong or bitter (green) tea

1

cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

1

to retighten

1

departure

4