jpdb beta

to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

to come from; to have roots in

1

feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction

1

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

2

dress shirt

1

Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

2

sense of caution; wariness

1

linoleum

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

1

layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms

1

official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank

1

adoptive parents

1

one's real father; natural father; biological father

1

safety; welfare; well-being

3

embodiment; realization; materialization

1

shiveringly

1

decline in attendance (shopping district, workplace, etc.); differing from a typical person; atypical person

1

unjust; inhuman

2

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

1

captivity

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

assassination

3

the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

1

nightfall

1

correspondence; news; letter; tidings

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

2

to underrate; to make light of

2

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

2

hindrance; impediment

2

bathtub

1

be on your guard!; take care!

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

to cause someone to worry

1

light meal

1

quality (of a product or a service)

1

enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

16

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

1

combined living room, dining room and kitchen

1

neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline

1

storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory

1

blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

2

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

3

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

3

sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart

2

to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin

1

once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

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