jpdb beta

stepping back; drawing back

4

at the window; by the window; next to the window

2

this (very thing); this precisely

7

manna from heaven; an oasis in the desert; godsend; good fortune when one needed it most; meeting a good Samaritan in one's hour of need; (lit.) (meeting) Buddha in hell

1

fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

2

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

1

every time; each round

4

swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning

3

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

9

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

4

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

seedling; young plant; rice seedling

1

crumpled; wrinkled

1

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

5

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

7

indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice

1

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

2

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!

2

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

1

with a slip; with a slide

2

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

2

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

1

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

4

blighted; withered

1

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

3

knee strike; kneeing

8

orbit; eye socket

2

in addition

3

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

3

a quarrel; argument

5

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

11

to knead into

2

baked sweets

2

record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

3

having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

2

visitor

3

ambassador plenipotentiary

1

in addition

3

ordinary person

3

the West; the Occident; Western countries

2

dress

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

3

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

2

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

7

bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)

5

village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

2

last week; the week before

1

branch office; branch store

2

monthly

1