jpdb beta

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

10

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

14

Buddhist memorial service

1

celebration; auspicious occasion

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

3

seasonal festival

2

Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

2

dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

1

certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)

1

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

1

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

5

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

4

perhaps; maybe; by some chance

2

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

1

exchange of presents

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

7

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

or; otherwise

2

price; value; cost

1

family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

1

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

3

bulk; volume; quantity

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

3

all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally

3

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

4

vanity; vainglory

1

festival; feast; carnival

1

funeral

3

monetary value

2

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

main line; trunk line

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

3

celebrity; personage

2

high official

2

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

4

seeing off and meeting on return

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

interested person; volunteer; supporter

2

station

1

standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

1

compulsory; obligatory; mandatory

1

to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

1

business suit

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

5

Red Cross

1

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

1