jpdb beta

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

4

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

4

if; in case

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

2

mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language

1

sake; Japanese rice wine

7

filter (esp. camera)

1

Japanese (people, language, style)

1

alcohol; sake

29

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

1

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

theory

2

dazzling; radiant

2

violent explosion; bursting

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

5

flash (of light); glint; schiller

1

to turn one's face away

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

4

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

5

boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos

1

as if; as though

10

mainly; primarily

3

ritual acts performed under a waterfall

1

Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)

1

like; as if; the same as

3

water (hydraulic) pressure

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

2

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

4

with a click; with a snap

1

standing in a row; forming a line; alignment

2

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim

7

thoroughly; carefully; deliberately; seriously; fully

3

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

to sniff; to smell

7

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

4

filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

3

potter's clay; kaolin; kaoline

1

indeed; it's no wonder

1

amount of drink; one's drinking capacity

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

capacity; volume; capacitance

1

work; job; labor; work

6

to pour on

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

3

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

2