jpdb beta

hypodermic needle; injection needle

3

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely

1

old woman

4

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

4

stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall

1

brow; forehead; bump

1

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

2

next

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

1

redoing; doing over again

3

face; looks; features

1

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

2

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

4

travel expenses

1

runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

remittance; sending money; transferring money

3

money possessed

1

wash stand; wash basin; sink

2

at a glance; by accident

3

living expenses (incurred during a short or long stay)

2

to assign; to set aside

1

secret talk

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

2

heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles

1

limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

2

night train

1

taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting

2

every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

1

weekend

1

to let one's hair hang down

3

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

1

out of bullets

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

how are you?

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

2

term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals

1

almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded

1

greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish

1

tap water

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

2

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

1

shooting; sniping

1

to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on

1

(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

3

turning sideways; landscape orientation

1

sphere; globe; orb; ball

18

(Shinto) shrine

1

like that; that way; thus

1