jpdb beta

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

3

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

1

fireworks

50

abrupt; sudden

2

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

2

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

1

established practice; custom

1

ice cream soda

1

pitching in consecutive games; making multiple posts (on a website); posting multiple comments

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

restoration; repair; mending

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

3

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

to hate; to detest

1

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

unanticipated; unexpected

1

to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

3

long ago; a long time ago; already

2

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

chit; slip; ticket; voucher

1

nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused

1

substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

1

ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)

1

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering

1

until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help

1

street-level store; shop facing the street

1

tiled; covered with tiles

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

1

right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday

1

mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

3

according to plan; as planned

1

straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat

1

from what time

1

Yoshida Shrine

2

six o'clock

2

person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

2

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

night; nighttime

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more

1