jpdb beta

noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague

2

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom

2

paradise

2

to become spring-like; to show signs of spring

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

2

essence; extract

1

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

pasture; grazing land

6

encumbrance; burden; drag

1

requisition; commandeering; conscription

1

thug; hooligan

1

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

1000 ri; (a) long distance

1

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

1

touch pen; stylus

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

to be inflated with pride

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

2

direct

1

(arch.) that is in; who is called; that is called; that is; I see

1

point of departure; initial point; starting point

1

ambitious person

2

does not seem (to be)

2

pride; dignity; self-respect

3

news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement

2

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

3

cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection

2

large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting

2

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

2

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam

1

tableland; plateau

2

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

1

flower; flowering plant

2

planet; dark horse

5

fauna

2

careful observation; close attention

1

many; many kinds

1

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

1

first magnitude star

1

votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

3

pastoral poem

1

modern style; modernness

2

level ground; plain; flatland

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1