jpdb beta

middle period; medium-term

1

unification; union; oneness

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

1

history; pedigree; lineage

1

duty; role; function

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

2

to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude

1

buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

to decide; to determine

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

water's edge; shore; waterside

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

5

gums; teethridge

1

sailor; boatman; passenger

3

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)

1

barrier keeper

1

to tear off; to strip; to rob

1

boiling water

1

to pour on

2

between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves

1

by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand

1

long way; great distance

1

position; location; base; point; site

1

neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

1

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

2

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

inlet; seashore; beach

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

black market

2

imported; foreign-made

1

things; affairs

1

nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

2

festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

1

spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

1

sales message; sales copy

1

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

1

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

1

textile; fabric

1

low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)

1