jpdb beta

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

4

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

grasp; catch; understanding

3

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go

1

to be reliable

4

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

2

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

4

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

8

prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

3

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

3

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

face-to-face

2

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

3

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

attendance (at school); going to school

6

lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

1

to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

2

fresh

6

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

1

shaking violently

2

body (of car); frame

1

point of sale; POS

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

1

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

3

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

1

a bit more; a bit longer

3

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

1

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

1

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

2

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

2

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

3

to pray; to wish

1

southeast

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Tokyo Bay

1

to face on; to look out on to

2

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade

4

western style

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