jpdb beta

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

11

boarding; wooden floor

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

reply; answer; response

4

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

2

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

2

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

2

some people; a few people; several people

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

further; above; anymore

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

oneself; myself

1

rival; competition

3

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

to sprout; to put forth buds

6

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

5

someone; somebody

7

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

4

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

8

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

to be of use as a reference; to be helpful

2

impossible

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

5

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

1

hint

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

sixty; 60

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

each time it happens; at all such times

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

5

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

to do so; to do thus

4

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

to re-examine; to review; to recheck

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

successive generations; successive emperors

1

to concern; to be related

2

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

1