jpdb beta

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

3

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

3

long blade

1

humming; crooning

2

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2

draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)

1

having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

2

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

5

when; at what point

2

plop; splash

1

pitch black

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

3

to hold one's breath

2

nose

8

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

3

to scoop; to ladle out

5

having said that; on the other hand

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

3

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

9

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

9

definite; sure

2

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

6

electric railway

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

3

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

3

illustrated book; picture book

5

to quit one's job; to resign

1

under one's arm; (in) the armpit

2

stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place

3

close to the ear

2

metropolitan tramway; tram operated by the metropolitan government (esp. Tokyo)

7

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

3

Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

3

hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

3

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

5

that's so, however ...

12

lost article; something forgotten

3

How are you?; What's up?

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

fit; spasm; attack; seizure

1

nursery school; nursery

3

management; administration; operation

3

rehabilitation (in society)

2