jpdb beta

dust; one ten-billionth

4

fading; faded colour; faded color

1

sad; melancholy

1

outside the house

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

1

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

limit; bounds

4

to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

hand luggage; hand baggage

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

3

metal spit; metal skewer

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

3

clattering; rattling

1

fruit of a tree; nut; berry

3

handmade

2

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

9

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

2

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

cork

1

in addition; besides

5

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

6

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

6

manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle

1

one-by-one; individual

1

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

2

proposal; proposition; suggestion

2

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

2

salary; wages; pay

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

selling by the piece

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue

4

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

6

prefectural governor

1

prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)

2

otherwise; or else; if not

1

to sell off; to sell completely

3

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

6

chit; sales slip; voucher

3

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

5

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

bill; job invoice

2

file

1