jpdb beta

telephone number

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

singing voice; (sound of) singing

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

2

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

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

1

to the end; to the last

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

3

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

3

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

4

police officer; policeman; policewoman

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

2

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

3

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

6

private railway

1

alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

1

analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy

1

type of occupation; occupational category

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

1

administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor

1

kanji; Chinese character

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

1

throughout Japan

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

now; nowadays

1

tower

1

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

1

round tower

10

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

2

Christmas

1

bell (often globular)

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work

2

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

to be found; to be discovered

3

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

to (do) like this

2

sweater; jumper

1

very; extremely; that is

2

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

1