jpdb beta

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

6

mere; only; just; slight

1

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

2

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

each; every; all

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

1

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

3

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

4

tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

2

light; faint; pale; fleeting

3

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

1

outward appearance; apparent

1

weight; heavyweight boxer

2

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

1

to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered

3

bathtub

6

to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install

1

in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

1

nothing but; none other than

2

nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing

4

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

melody; chime

1

plumbing; piping

1

even

4

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

1

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

to pray; to wish

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

when it comes to; concerning

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

5

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

fumbling; groping

2

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

4

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

drop (e.g. of water); drip

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

4

suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately

2

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

3

to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

1