jpdb beta

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

3

inquiry; enquiry; query; reference

6

dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)

1

large build; large pattern

10

staff member; station employee; official

6

theft; robbery

2

pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)

1

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

11

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

1

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

1

identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular

3

swap; exchange

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

7

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

19

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

6

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

2

Kasai

281

rearview mirror

14

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

3

(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack

13

patience; endurance

3

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

19

peashooter

1

pigeon; dove

2

deeply impressive; memorable; striking

3

divine punishment

9

description; account

13

hearsay; rumor; rumour; report

1

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

3

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

11

to die; to lay down life's burden

2

end; close; conclusion; termination

26

creed; doctrine; dogma

14

death by drowning

3

importance; emphasis; stress

1

hence; for that reason

18

to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

3

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

4

raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki

1

scaffold; gallows

1

to provide; to arrange; to install

1

rope; cord; policeman's rope

1

in steps of; in units of; calculated by

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

5

decorative

1

to rule; to govern; to administer

10

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

loss; going missing

3

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

40

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

5