jpdb beta

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

13

larva; grub; maggot

6

imago; adult (insect)

6

order; sequence; procedure

1

maturity; ripeness

4

property of a film or membrane

1

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

10

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

23

transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation

4

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

3

failure; mistake; blunder

16

incubation; hatching

8

to hatch out

2

parasitism

21

parasitoid wasp; parasitic wasp; parasitic bee

45

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee

1

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

6

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

2

to sell

32

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

4

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

22

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

6

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

2

experient; person who has experienced something

1

parasite

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

17

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

13

carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

4

presumption; assumption; estimation

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

12

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

8

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

7

ant

6

hymenopterans

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

11

tens of thousands

3

not yet; un-

1

mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

4

new species; new variety

7

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

2

parasitoidism

2

individual; specimen

1

(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper

34

to need; to call for; to require

3

to devour; to bite to death

3