jpdb beta

midwinter

4

cold wind

2

journey; route of a journey

3

racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)

1

complaint

3

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

4

to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

1

tomorrow morning

2

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

2

small; little; tiny

9

port city; harbor city; harbour city

8

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

28

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

7

fishing boat

6

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

2

going fishing

2

darkness; the dark

4

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

2

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

2

boatman; ferryman

2

miso soup

12

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

4

India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)

2

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

4

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

5

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period

3

bow (of a ship); prow

2

to kick up

5

splash; spray

3

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse

9

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

3

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

29

heavy oil; fuel oil

2

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

2

east

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

4

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

2

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

51

100; hundred

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

10

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

3

very small; tiny

2

uninhabited island; desert island

5

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

2

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

2

sandy beach

6

beyond that point; after that

6

ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)

2

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

4