jpdb beta

charity pot

3

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

2

to hang; to hang up

2

Salvation Army

1

megaphone

1

to walk down the road

1

fund-raising; collection of funds

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

1

to throw into; to dump in together

3

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

2

D'Arrast; Dara

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1

bottom; sole

2

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

perforated coin

1

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

2

street light

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

3

purse; handbag; wallet

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

9

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

can; tin; canned food

2

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

little something; reward; tip

1

however; because; as

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

4

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

3

shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

1

characteristic way of speaking

1

blind person

1

small change; coins; small sum of money

1

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

chaps; skin fissure

2

the third

1

Monday

2

catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift

1

lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well

2

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

2

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

2

forgetfulness

1

if I do say so myself

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1