jpdb beta

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

4

clapping hands; applause

1

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

4

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

3

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

4

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

1

downtown

3

convenient; handy; useful

1

fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer

1

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

1

storage method (e.g. for food); storage instructions

1

fish market

1

large profit; a killing

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

more than anything; above all else

1

this much; this amount

1

idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing

2

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

1

colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color

1

to sink in; to cave in

2

white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

shellfish; seashell; shell

3

daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life

1

to buy more (of something)

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

2

sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering

2

to sniff; to smell

2

preserving in salt; salting down

2

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

4

cool, dark place

1

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

1

saltiness

1

unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge

1

to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage

1

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

3

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

funny story; funny anecdote

3