jpdb beta

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

3

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

1

steel

2

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

manufacturing method; recipe; formula

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

10

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

7

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

15

exported goods

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

2

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

half day

3

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

2

south

4

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

4

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

fat; tallow; lard; grease

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

6

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

1

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

1

battleaxe

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

4

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

3

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

2

to explain the situation

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

6

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

5

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

5

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

4

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

5

landing

3

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

4

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

nose

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

4

to emit smoke

2