jpdb beta

Wales

4

those present; attendance

2

paying one's own way

2

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

2

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)

2

early blooming; early flowering

1

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

7

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

2

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

annual income

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

3

selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean

1

worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

1

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

to pull down

1

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

1

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

1

generally; as a rule

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

logical

2

analysis

2

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

3

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product

1

melting; fusion

1

opal

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

4

mountain shape

1

luminous point

1

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

2

to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited

1

junction line between two sea currents; line where two ocean currents meet; course of things; turning point

1

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

1

afterglow

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

to warm; to heat

1

a period of two days

1

fasting; fast

1