jpdb beta

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

3

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

having said that; on the other hand

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

2

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

in this way; like this

1

balcony; Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee

1

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

1

like; as if; the same as

1

more than usual

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

2

comfort (in living place)

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

1

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

1

sewing; needlework

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

index finger; forefinger; second toe

1

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

2

tool; implement; means; furniture

2

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

4

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

1

kitchen; financial situation

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

material; substance; matter

1

magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

5

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

3

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

1

convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

bedding; bedclothes

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

removal; getting rid of

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

3

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1