jpdb beta

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

2

periodic; regular; routine

1

warm welcome

1

completely; not at all

1

gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

2

squad leader; group leader; team leader

5

second floor; upstairs

1

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

3

paper

1

snake; serpent; large snake

6

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

2

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

6

tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

2

Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)

1

centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

3

pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

2

serum injection

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

2

Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake

1

tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection

1

to raise (one's voice)

1

sharing; division; draw; tie

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

(school) class

6

to care for someone; to look after someone

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

38

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)

1

to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

1

working in the fields; working on a farm

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

for some (unspecified) reason

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

3

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

younger sister

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

trailer towed by bicycle, etc.

1

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

1

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

soviet; Soviet Union

2