jpdb beta

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

11

thanks; gratitude

12

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

5

... and westward; west of

1

large river

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

south of; and south

1

golf course; golf links

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

5

men and animals

1

casualties; injuries and deaths

1

house; building

2

destruction; collapse; crumbling

3

being washed away

2

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

2

earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

3

rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay

4

exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill

1

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

2

to cite an example

2

desperate; hopeless

2

railroad track; rail line

3

natural disaster; cataclysm

1

meeting; facing; confronting

1

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

1

overhasty; rash; premature

2

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

3

recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going

2

advance; moving forward; progress

1

impossible

2

rice ball

1

brandy

6

medicine; chemicals

1

low shoes; shoes; informal riding shoes without an ankle strap

1

2.44 miles

2

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

geography

3

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

4

site; point on a map; spot

2

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

3

reaching; attaining; arrival

6

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

2

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

6

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

10

forest; shrine grove

2

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

6