jpdb beta

scale

1

gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

3

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

2

humming; crooning

4

local; localized; partial; topical (application)

1

darkness

1

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

1

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

singing voice; (sound of) singing

3

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

winter

2

to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out

1

(writing) song lyrics

1

melody; tune

1

interlude; intermezzo

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

one's own work; making by oneself

3

few days

2

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

4

children's story; fairy tale

2

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

11

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

1

children's house; child welfare residential facility

1

interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

1

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

songwriting (words and music)

1

drum; drums; drum kit

1

with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen

1

artist; musician

1

kitchen; financial situation

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

precious; valuable

1

hard-disk

1

saving changes (e.g. to a file)

1

to vomit; to spit out

1

ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony

2

surprise

1

gift; souvenir

1

to make plans

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

3

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

1

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

4

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

2