jpdb beta

general public; the masses

1

bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

4

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

similar to; like

1

standing; reserve; always having ready

1

to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

1

beyond that point; after that

2

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1

spinach

2

moai; Okinawan-style social support group

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

5

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married

2

towel

1

skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

1

employee; worker

8

great haste; mad rush

2

capture; seizure

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

3

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

2

that; the matter in question

2

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

4

to open one's eyes wide

1

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

being produced in a particular region; local specialty

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

2

to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)

2

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

4

to see; to look; to watch; to try to

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

1

the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

1

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1

puddle; pool of water

1

such ... as; or some such

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

2

to count; to enumerate

1

lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

1

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

2