jpdb beta

cycle rickshaw; pedicab; trishaw

2

faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit

1

street light

4

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

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Kaikou Takeshi (1930.12.30-1989.12.9)

2

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

3

(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate

1

reportage

1

small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

1

curfew

2

bullet (from a rifle)

1

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

2

francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus); (arch.) partridge (of genus Perdix)

2

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

3

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

beyond that point; after that

3

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

(a) few; some; several

2

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

3

steam; vapour; vapor

5

juice; sap; soup; broth

6

soba restaurant

2

father

1

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

3

to jump upon (a moving object)

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

6

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity

1

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

3

Nha-trang (Vietnam)

6

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

3

backpack

1

totteringly; trudgingly

3

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

3

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

beach umbrella; beach parasol

1

sofa; couch; lounge chair

1