jpdb beta

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)

2

megaphone

1

movie director; film director

1

shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford

5

barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

1

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

2

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

4

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

7

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

5

five (long cylindrical things)

1

to cut down (e.g. trees)

2

thicket of bamboo grass

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

saw

1

string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

3

brushwood; firewood

3

depth of water

1

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster

5

to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)

2

next morning

3

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

2

blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

3

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

2

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

3

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

2

to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open

4

shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

4

lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)

1

light brown; tawny

2

Paratya compressa (species of freshwater shrimp)

1

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

4

oil

3

to fry; to saute; to stir-fry

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

6

knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle

5

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

8

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

3

spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

4

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

3

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

4