jpdb beta

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

12

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

2

bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful

4

foolhardy; reckless; fearless

1

adult; grown-up

1

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

3

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious

1

vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding

1

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

2

time passes

1

store; reserve; stock; savings

1

free (of charge); gratuitous

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

1

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

5

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

3

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

1

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

extreme; extremity

1

absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

2

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment

1

to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach

1

high grade; special grade; classy

1

the late; the deceased

2

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

1

quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

2

wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

curse; spell; malediction

7

magic; sorcery; incantation

13

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

1

pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking

2