jpdb beta

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

5

(factory) worker

3

harbor construction; harbour construction

1

bamboo work; bamboo ware

1

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

statistics

2

acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

2

sashimi; make-up

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away

1

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish

1

local specialty; special product (of a region)

6

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

2

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

2

my; our; one's own

2

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

3

buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

1

police; police officer; police station

2

raincoat

2

swimming

1

six minutes

1

attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor

1

four o'clock

1

cancellation

4

time of weakness

1

serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow

1

to take a break

1

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

1

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

1

ache; twinge

1

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

1

swallowing; understanding; apprehension

2

going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

1

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

1

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

2

small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman

2

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

frog

10

embroidery

2

charm; amulet

5

needlework; sewing

1

unanticipated; unexpected

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

3

vermilion; scarlet

3

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

1

to board a ship

3

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1