jpdb beta

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

3

to take over; to hand over

5

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

2

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

5

the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

2

morning; a.m.

5

eight o'clock

4

cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

3

morning breeze

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

7

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

3

day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius

1

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

4

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

aggressor; invader

2

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

2

sparks

1

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

2

liquid crystal

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

3

going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

13

august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine

2

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

5

chimes; toll of a bell

5

roar; howl; yell; bellow

4

clock tower

1

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

to acquire knowledge

2

to neigh

2

to tear off

3

forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

1

club budget; club expense

26

silence

3

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

2

summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

10

mystery; wonder

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

5

to cease; to stop; to be over

5

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

3

intelligence

2

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student

1

-esque; -like; -ish

2

theory

1