jpdb beta

immediately; right away; on the spot

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

2

counter for questions

1

setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

1

cutch; catechu

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

sea; ocean; waters

20

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

1

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

2

the more one looks (at it) the more...

1

being angry (suddenly)

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

question mark

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

1

in order; in turn; one by one

2

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

4

headache

4

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

3

grilled fish

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

2

in this case

2

standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese

1

Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

2

distant seas

5

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

2

books

1

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

2

castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale

1

proposed site; site chosen

1

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

4

snow storm; blizzard

3

mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage

5

winter

3

Greenland

1

snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas

3

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is

1

swimming area (in the ocean); swimming beach; seawater baths

2

observer; watchman; lifeguard

1

corn (Zea mays); maize

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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