jpdb beta

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

2

rebel; traitor

4

inevitable; necessary

2

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

3

broom

2

private; personal

1

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

4

lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

roaringly; rumblingly

1

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

2

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

4

express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

1

work; business; company; study

2

home delivery

1

to work as; to pursue as a vocation

1

cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

2

directions; instructions; orders; command

2

to pick up; to pick out

1

changing completely; transformation

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

3

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

1

girl's feeling; maiden's mind

1

canter; gallop

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

4

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping

2

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

1

weird; strange; mysterious

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

3

dinner; evening meal

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

6

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

9

fragrant wood; aromatic tree

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

10

insecticide; insect repellent

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

5

to feel oneself indebted to

1

waterside; waterfront

1

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

5

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

to sprinkle salt on; to salt

2

to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum

5

technology exchange

1

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

3