jpdb beta

step by step; by degrees

3

to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over

1

dry wind

1

saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly

3

quickly; smoothly

2

turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

2

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

1

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

4

miniature

1

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

4

bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring

2

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

2

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

2

to wrap up

3

milk

2

to use up all one's strength

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange

1

to scoop up; to dip up

1

warmth

1

with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward

2

upper side (go, chess, othello board)

1

foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

2

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

2

remedial measure; countermeasure; counter-measure; relief measure; remedy

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

8

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

a number of days

1

geographic

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

traffic conditions (e.g. heavy traffic); transportation situation (e.g. bad roads)

1

reason; cause

2

excluding the case when; when not

2

reckoning from some position (e.g. point, date, etc.)

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

1

proviso

1

hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

14

confused; flustered; at a loss

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

trivial; not amounting to much

2

Fukuoka Airport

2

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

2

chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

1