jpdb beta

pitch black

1

in swarms; crawling with

1

company; corporation; workplace

3

fish

1

to swim

1

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

2

fisherman

1

infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

gorge; ravine; gap

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

only; nothing but

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face

2

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

3

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

bus terminal

1

altar

3

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

many thousands

2

tourist

1

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

1

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

1

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering

1

Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform

1

sparks

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

2

crowd of people

1

sacred fire; sacred flame; Olympic flame; Olympic torch

2

embroidery

1

elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile

1

to gather in a circle; to form a circle

2

to clap

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

4

monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

2

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

feel sick; feel unwell

1

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

3

to pair with; to pair up; to pair off

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

4

fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

1