jpdb beta

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

5

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

4

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

2

resistant to earthquakes

1

reinforcement; strengthening

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

steel

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

1

going straight on; going straight ahead

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking

2

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

7

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

2

discovery; detection; finding

1

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

6

dividing into parts

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

2

as soon as; right after

1

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

1

night

1

if is not; if are not

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

3

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

beam

1

to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening

2

to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away

2

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

14

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

2

fist-sized

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

1

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

1

to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

1

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

8

safety; security

1

carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)

1

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1

windowpane; window glass

1

scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

1

to lie face-down

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

noise; din

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

4

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2