jpdb beta

this year

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

5

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

3

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

2

to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

delight

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report

1

faint smile

1

to whomever; to anybody at all

1

alternating; taking turns

2

with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly

1

nihilistic

1

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

bastards; guys; lads

3

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

1

funny story; funny anecdote

2

to finish; to graduate

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

home; family; household

1

general; popular; common; typical

1

(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

2

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

1

matmaker; mat dealer

4

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

because; the reason why is

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

ugly (of a person); plain; unattractive; (arch.) lacking ability; (arch.) incompetent

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

1

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

3

unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg

1

nourishment

1

straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line

1

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

1

to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

the preceding visitor

2

broad daylight

1

heroic; brave

1

grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)

3

wife

2