jpdb beta

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

3

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

dozens; scores of; decades

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

2

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

2

walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)

1

plan; design; layout

7

residence; housing; residential building

4

Hideo

7

Shinji

4

exhibit; display

2

seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days

2

the Great Hanshin Earthquake (January 17, 1995)

2

(not) so much; (not) that much

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

2

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

12

electronic magazine

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service

1

operating company

1

NIFTY-serve (former online service by Nifty Corp.); Niftyserve

4

exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming

1

salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)

5

registration; accession; register; entry; record

10

applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

4

to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)

8

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

2

octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

4

to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

4

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

to make a lasting impression

2

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

3

to be born

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

1

shop

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

3

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

2

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

1

root; basis; foundation

2

able to change

1

flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming

1