jpdb beta

number one

1

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

2

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

1

substitute

1

sincerity; good faith

3

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

2

India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)

2

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)

1

to reread; to read again

2

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored

1

time around sunset; early evening

2

protractor

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

very; extremely; excessively

5

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

4

protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

2

harmless

4

punctuation mark

1

escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering

1

sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)

1

tile

1

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka

1

growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

1

decapitation; decapitated head

1

to stroke down; to smooth down

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

1

very small

1

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

sunshade; blind

1

blazing heat; scorching sun

1

day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius

1

to go mad

4

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

10

body (of a biwa)

1

water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium

9

ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky

1

imaginary

1

virtual

2

original text

1

tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy

1

reset button

3

poker

1

beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach

2

chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.)

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

Pequin pepper

1

private power generation; masturbation

1

try-hard award; consolation prize

1

trifling; trivial

2