jpdb beta

association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe

1

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

1

meaning; significance

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

to write in

1

stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone

8

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

12

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

1

standing close together; bristling (with)

1

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

4

to continue to receive

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

2

suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water

2

to inform; to report

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

5

heavy drinking

2

common reed (Phragmites australis)

1

to go along; to walk along; to follow

1

downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

1

shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

1

shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

7

bench

2

thus

2

female student

1

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

2

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

3

clearly; distinctly; vividly

2

to surface

1

cheap hotel

1

roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

1

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

4

family suicide

1

able to change

1

to scribble (write quickly); to dash off

1

children's story; fairy tale

3

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

ready-built house; built-for-sale house

1

to purchase; to buy in

1

just managing; with great difficulty

2

new home

2