jpdb beta

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

2

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

18

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

7

section manager; section chief

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

9

every person; each one; everybody

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

3

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

1

suffix for familiar person

3

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

4

osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays

2

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

2

vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

2

mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

two

3

both (people)

3

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

6

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

5

soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)

2

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

2

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

2

children

1

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

3

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

2

reason; pretext; motive

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

3

hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

3

as you want; as you will

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

3

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

3

to support each other; to support one another

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

to go; to come

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

3

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

4

to show; to display

8

as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP

2

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

5