jpdb beta

house built on sand; house of cards

2

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

3

unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch

1

to hesitate; to waver

3

reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively

1

playing alone

1

to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment

1

pair; couple

1

previous remarks

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

3

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

1

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

3

to become free; to get time off

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

2

to become calm; to die down

1

unidentifiable; unidentified

4

home economics room

1

renewal; update; innovation; improvement

1

camp

1

peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)

1

to carry something into a place

3

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

1

measuring; weighing; metric; distance function

1

to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

6

China; Chinese food

5

iron man; strong man

1

ignition; catching fire

1

repair work

1

cause of death

3

to make an appointment; to make a reservation

1

returning from school; going home from school

2

the way back; the way home; return trip

2

(husband and wife) both working; dual income

3

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1

the third

8

depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure

1

stew

2

greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable

1

nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing

2

online game

3

timewasting; killing time

2

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

2