jpdb beta

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

scull; sculling boat

4

flag

5

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)

1

route; way; course; directions

1

to figure out; to get an idea

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

pitfall; trap; pit

1

pile-driving; piling

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

2

muddy road

2

to bury in the ground

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

2

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

2

esthetics; aesthetics

1

first; first base; first baseman; fast

4

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

3

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

practice; practising; experience

1

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

bell ringing (chiming)

1

all present; all concerned; all of us

8

soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)

3

plants and animals; flora and fauna

1

pleasant to live in

1

law

3

application; request; petition

1

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

1

to become better; to improve

2

light brown; tawny

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

pickaxe

1

construction work

1

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

5

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

1

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

2

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

1

field; plain; prairie; moor

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord)

2

possession; owning

7

ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging

2

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

1