jpdb beta

Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

6

space; interval; space character; whitespace

3

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

4

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

2

length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

1

waiting for customers

1

water fountain

1

semicircle

2

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

quarter-mile drag race

1

time trial

1

salute of guns

1

to arrive home; to return

2

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

2

FM; frequency modulation

4

Chopin

3

etude

2

Aeolian harp

1

to shake off

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

2

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

in those days

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

useless; deadhead

1

romanticist; romantic; dreamer

2

use; utility; profit; gain

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

pragmatist

1

quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent

1

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

3

considerably; greatly; a lot

3

gasoline (money); petrol (cost)

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

3

oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

6

miniature light bulb; midget lamp

1

bonus

2

cowboy

1

cuff; armhole

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

2

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

2