jpdb beta

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

3

unbalance; imbalance

2

body; physique; build; stature

4

bank robbery; bank robber

1

principal offence; principal offense; principal offender

1

the defence; defence side

2

call; summons; convening; convocation

3

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

3

moment by moment; hour by hour

2

sequence photographs; serial photographs; photographic strip

1

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

8

time around sunset; early evening

1

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

1

before sunset

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

migraine

1

turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura

2

setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

2

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

1

spider's thread; spider silk

1

to scoop; to ladle out

5

telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin

1

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

6

bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan

1

here and there; everywhere

7

promoting; increase; advance

2

perfume; fragrance; aroma; balm; sweet scent

5

easy listening music

4

festival music

1

big catch (fishing); good haul

1

plastic bag

1

small fish; fry

6

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

4

currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

water balloon

2

takoyaki; octopus dumplings

3

tray

4

nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

2

income; receipts; revenue

1

coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

1

characteristic way of speaking

1

women's group; women's association

1

uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

1

banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

attendant male servant

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

4