jpdb beta

how many people; a number of people

1

empty can

3

independent business; self-employment

1

flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)

2

company employee; office worker; white-collar worker

1

logic; logical

1

drinking alcohol

1

incessant working; working non-stop

1

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

3

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

early afternoon

1

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

1

assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

1

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

13

little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

2

wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

1

power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience

1

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

2

end; conclusion

1

due form; official; formality

1

inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

(doing) as one is told

1

(hen's) egg

4

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

2

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

4

quickly; briefly

3

chef

5

inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

3

egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood

6

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

1

bold; daring; audacious

5

carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

1

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

1

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

1

composite

1

tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart

1

one shō bottle (1.8 litres)

7

thumb; big toe

1

small saucepan; small pot

1

to pour into

1

low flame (heat, gas)

1

hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

2

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

2