jpdb beta

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

2

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

2

over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

1

double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself

1

season; the times; opportunity; occasion

1

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste

1

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

5

to be tired of hearing

2

88 years old; (arch.) rice

5

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

advanced age; senility

1

(army) provisions; food

2

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

almost every day; almost daily

4

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

bitter enemy

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

high prices of commodities

2

early (days); initial stage; initial

2

800,000; eight hundred thousand

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

2

megacity; city with over a million people

1

town

1

plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

1

same number

1

guess; conjecture

1

consumer city

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

to meet the demand

1

productivity

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

dependence; reliance

1

Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)

2

eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces

1

(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property

1

inferiority; low grade

1

quantitative; concerning the quantity

1

demand; request

1

necessary

1

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

1

high-class item

1

inevitable; necessary

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

sudden price jump; steep price rise

1

megalopolis; megacity; supercity

1

consumption; expenditure

1