jpdb beta

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

limits; end; bounds

2

to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

2

spiral

1

person obsessed with thoughts of sex

2

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

2

monthly

1

revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

2

rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

2

younger scholar; future reference

1

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

report card

1

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

40

like; as if; the same as

2

to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

this and that; various things

4

half-florescent; half-bloomed

2

row of cherry trees (lining a street)

4

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

2

group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

3

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

2

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention

2

privilege; special right

1

to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about

1

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

1

OK; okay

1

heyday; golden age

1

school cafeteria

5

guaranteed; authentic; certified

1

pain; ache; -algia

7

stopping one night

1

second day of the month; two days

4

sleepover; overnight stay

2

first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

1

school of one's (first, second) choice

1

alma mater

1

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

1

tour

1