jpdb beta

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to feel despondent

2

timid; fainthearted

5

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

moonlit night

2

horned owl

2

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

cancer

1

space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

1

murrelet (esp. the ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus); roundbelly cowfish (Lactoria diaphana)

1

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

5

book report

1

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

1

title

2

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

1

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

the very picture of ...

1

staff member; employee; worker; personnel

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

lawsuit; complaint

1

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

2

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

1

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

1

educational counseling; educational guidance

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

plate (often as in "tectonic plate")

1

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

2

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

7

village

1

twice

1

being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

3

peach (Prunus persica)

11

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

1

teacher (classroom)

3

to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke

1