jpdb beta

unpublished; not yet announced

1

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

2

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

2

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

1

series

1

large-scale

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

love; affection

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

dawn

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

3

development (of film); photographic processing

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

they

1

fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)

1

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

half-nakedness

1

smoke; fumes

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

3

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

3

to answer the phone

3

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call

1

bar counter

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

to leave behind

2

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

humid; sultry

1