jpdb beta

old cloth; rag

4

stature; height

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

to attract attention

2

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

3

shoelace; bootlace

1

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

3

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

11

Walkman

4

electronic music

1

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

5

electric utility expense

3

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

10

cassette tape

1

reverse; rebirth; vomit

1

B-side (of a record)

1

just because; even if; even though

2

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

2

bull's-eye; the mark

2

cassette (tape); game cartridge

1

beat; round

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

5

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

1

desperately; for one's dear life

2

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

3

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

for visitors or guests

2

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

4

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

3

Wednesday

15

quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely

3

windy; windswept; blowy

4

typhoon; hurricane

4

Kii Peninsula

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

30

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

10

answering machine; answerphone

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

2

like that; so

9

sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

5

desperate

1

puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

of no interest; not interested

4