jpdb beta

shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)

3

lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter

2

Animalia; animal kingdom

1

collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison

1

self-publishing; publishing at one's own expense

1

hospice

3

king of beasts (i.e. lion)

1

castanets

1

maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes

1

helper

1

to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan

1

madonna

2

announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter

1

to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family

1

official divorce registration papers

2

notification sound

1

being produced in a particular region; local specialty

1

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

mailing; posting

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

1

nickname

1

foster parents

1

crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

1

early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age

1

as many (people) as possible

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

1

to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

1

time machine

2

steam whistle

1

over-familiar

1

roadside trees

1

rice seedling

3

to go around

1

post office

2

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

sunlight filtering through trees

1

one's later years; final years (in life)

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

1

earnings from a part-time job

1

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

1

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)

3

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

sweater; jumper

1

package

1