jpdb beta

to twist and turn; to meander; to undulate; to wriggle

1

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

3

plant; vegetation

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

46

to become; to be

24

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

11

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

2

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

4

woman; female; feminine gender

3

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

8

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

7

water's surface

2

end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

2

to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move

3

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

7

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

6

painting; picture

13

to shade an account; to add something extra

1

lime; quicklime; caustic lime

1

artist; painter; illustrator

1

soft; weak

2

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

to trickle down

1

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

3

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

2

edge of a street

1

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

4

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

12

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

9

to paint a picture; to draw a picture

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

3

to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across

1

commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake

1

painter; artist

41

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

8

to tear off forcefully; to pluck off; to pull off

1

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

5

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

10

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

strange voice

1

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

1

pace; step; cadence

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

3

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

20

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

19

anguish; trouble; agony

2

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

3

hello; good day; good afternoon

1

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1