jpdb beta

boiled egg

1

eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form

1

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

plump

2

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

2

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

3

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

contrast; antithesis; comparison

1

staying up all night

1

sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada

1

tinnitus; ringing in the ears

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

4

to write a novel

1

to build a house

1

mansion

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

2

after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

1

dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

3

Teruko

6

rapid (e.g. progress)

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

throat; singing voice

1

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

2

shades of evening; dead of night

1

to overflow from something full

2

hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)

1

beriberi

1

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

1

to carry something into a place

1

decision; vote

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

3

annual tribute; land tax

2

the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

3

the other day; lately; recently

1

elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

3

sickbed; (hospital) bed

6

to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle

1

at a loose end; having nothing to do

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

1

form of verse; verse form; poetic form

1