jpdb beta

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

to make a speech; to address

1

chance (of success); odds

1

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

3

detour; roundabout way

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

street at night; making a night journey

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

4

last month

1

to be hungry

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

1

electricity; (electric) light

2

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

1

even so; anyhow; at any rate

1

insecurity; carelessness

1

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you

1

thank you

1

doctor's visit; house call

3

doctor; physician

3

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

space (room, area, outer space)

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

7

to lie down (and rest)

2

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

2

air con; air conditioner; air conditioning

1

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

3

part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

1

convenient; handy; useful

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

1

freezer

1

ice pillow

4

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

1

small teapot

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

2

to wipe; to dry

2

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

2

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

2

to underrate; to make light of

1