jpdb beta

to become frozen over

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

5

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

7

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

8

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

5

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

13

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

4

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

1

beyond that point; after that

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)

1

lawn; grass

1

falling plump; falling down flat

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

pseudo-; quasi-

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

18

once and for all; completely; spotlessly

2

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

20

language

3

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

1

base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind

6

living thing; organism; creature; biology

1

treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)

1

agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

3

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

3

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

3

wicker clothes hamper

3

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

2

all; entire; whole; altogether

8

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series

6

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

bitter experience (ordeal)

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

11

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

6

to rush over; to run up to

7

bay; gulf; inlet

4

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

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

2

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

4

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

6

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

15

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

1