jpdb beta

preparation; arrangements

3

smoke; fumes

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

1

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

2

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

8

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

1

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

1

to repeat; to do something over again

3

one house

2

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary

1

to look old; to get old

1

brickwork

1

bungalow; one-story house

1

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

4

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

3

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

4

suspicious person

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

to be on the lookout; to lie in wait

1

in the end; at the end of the day

3

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

2

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

6

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

3

to look around; to survey

10

garden tree

6

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

salad

5

pepper

2

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

5

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

2

boastful; bragging; conceited

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

9

dinner

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge

3

spoon

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

5

(Western) soup

1

the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

to glare at each other; to confront each other

2

ho-ho

2

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

2