jpdb beta

easy to understand

3

ruler; measure

1

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

environment; circumstance

4

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

3

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist

1

out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

5

to wash away; to rinse off

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

Monday

1

Eurostar

4

Shinkansen; bullet train

1

train; railway train

1

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

3

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

fine; penalty

1

system

2

to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears

1

countless; innumerable

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up

3

sandwich

1

rural landscape

1

to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart

1

to get dry

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

9

(fine) art; the arts

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

one after next; second

2

place where one resides or is staying

2

Virgin Mary; Jesus' mother; Santa Maria (Columbus' ship)

4

bus on a regular route; fixed-route bus; transit bus

1

tourist attraction; sight-seeing area

6

cathedral

10

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

radius

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1