jpdb beta

200; two hundred

2

to put an end (to); to close the books (on)

1

solitary island

3

food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food

2

to become decrepit and ugly with age

1

very hungry; starving; ravenous

1

cooked rice; something one never grows tired of

1

full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content

1

several years

1

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

4

(feeling of) hunger

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

light eating; spare diet; not eating much

2

fish meat

1

mostly involve; principally involve

1

eating habits

3

working in the fields; working on a farm

1

ideal

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

3

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

coarse; crude; rough

2

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

2

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

1

to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

2

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

2

one's family temple; temple with one's family grave

3

congratulation; celebration

2

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

1

to descend from heaven

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

cooked rice

1

treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about

1

to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

2

thanks; gratitude

1

this

1

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

France; French (language)

1

grace; favour; favor

1

support; stay; prop

2