jpdb beta

to speak; to hear a voice

6

purse with a metal clasp; handbag (with clasp); pouch (with clasp); coin purse (with clasp)

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

4

flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

1

cheering group; cheering squad

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

2

my; our; one's own

5

private-school student

35

(full) name; family name and given name

3

Tadaharu

8

liberalism

1

place of work

1

hiking

1

early on; earlier on; from early

1

second (in a series)

2

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

7

English composition

1

to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

reference book

1

dictionary; lexicon

2

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

4

tedious; boring; being fed up with

3

wastebasket; wastepaper basket

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

4

smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace

3

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

2

to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be

2

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

eye

1

leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

14

Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

1

éclair; eclair

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

2

to leave food half-eaten

3

had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

1

US armed forces

1

hunger; starvation

1

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

1

fourth son

1

milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

5

in everything

1

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

1

to feel; to sense

3

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

5