jpdb beta

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

3

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

3

stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)

1

to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)

2

(Western) soup

1

vegetable; marijuana; cannabis

3

lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

2

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

5

small bones

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

6

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box

4

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

1

net; netting; web

2

(how) many times; (how) often

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2

despair; hopelessness

3

health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell

4

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

3

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

1

with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks

3

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

4

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

inconvenient

1

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

hmm; I see; hrm

4

Oh no; Oh dear

1

company president; manager; director

2

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

2

sorry; excuse me; thank you

1

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

1

to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided

1

suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

5

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

6

main gate; main entrance

1

vegetable garden

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

2

to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old

1

fallen tree

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1