jpdb beta

(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

1

to bud; to sprout

1

(a) few; some; several

1

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

2

sleigh; sled; sledge

1

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

5

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

1

long hair

1

thorny path

2

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

1

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

5

formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

1

process; course; mechanism

3

dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

1

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

1

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

5

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

reality

1

lecturer

5

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

1

blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void

2

routine work; everyday work

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

5

timing

8

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

a period (of time)

1

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

dominion; territory; possession

1

actually; really

4

a long time ago; in those days

1

judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

5

the ways of the world; human nature

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

to fear; to be afraid of

3

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

26

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

4

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

4

number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number

2

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to take time

5

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

2