jpdb beta

to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

3

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)

16

Yalow

1

rental

3

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

4

dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)

6

straight line; beeline

1

waiting one's turn

1

festival; feast; carnival

6

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

clip-clop (esp. of geta)

1

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

5

festival music

2

music

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

6

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

6

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

amusement park

1

orange (colour, color)

2

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

2

barrette; hair clasp; hair slide

2

light; right; right field; right fielder

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

8

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

1

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

2

illumination; lighting

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

3

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

contrastive

4

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

2

boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster

1

drum

11

event

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

8

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

1

to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

1

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

3

wrist

4

to blush; to redden

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

2