jpdb beta

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

3

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

5

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

4

Kawasaki (city)

1

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

2

arrow; wedge; chock

2

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

father

2

long-armed; kleptomania(c)

6

staying up all night; all-night vigil

1

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

2

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

value; worth; merit

2

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

1

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

5

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

1

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

2

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

1

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

5

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

17

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

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

2

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

3

to drag in; to pull in

1

to stretch a string

1

being outpersevered

1

to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine

1

depth of water

1

beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country

3

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

1

Kinba

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1