jpdb beta

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

3

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

manly; masculine; like a man

1

selective breeding

1

greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

plant; vegetation

3

reply; answer; response

2

to leave behind

2

pencil sharpener

1

clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler

1

pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step

1

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

4

to the end; to the last

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

library

2

corner; nook

3

children

2

picture book

1

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

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

local edition

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

2

bathroom

6

to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake

2

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

1

death from poisoning

1

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

sixty; 60

1

marriage fraud; fake marriage

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

Panaeolus papilionaceus (species of poisonous mushroom)

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

3

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

2

ink

2

flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)

1

poisoning; addiction

1

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

to gush out

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

2

coordinate; coordinates

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1