jpdb beta

oversleeping; late riser

1

last month

1

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

6

incessant working; working non-stop

3

sad; melancholy

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

7

person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

2

failure; mistake; blunder

8

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

5

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

5

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

princess; daughter of a nobleman

4

woman; lady; adult female

4

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

5

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

8

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

2

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

4

baby; infant

7

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

3

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

5

a little bit; a little while

2

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

8

to make; to manufacture

6

to produce a sound

3

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

6

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

19

to take; to catch; to capture

4

only daughter

2

engagement; betrothal

1

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

6

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

22

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon

2

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

14

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

2

baby

5

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

8

to harm; to cause harm to

4

I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice

1

below a cliff

2

pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter

6

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)

2

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

4

to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner

1

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

3

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

6

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2