jpdb beta

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

3

four people

3

evening; night; dinner

5

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

redoing

1

to pray; to wish

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

5

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

2

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

3

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

2

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

3

to swell up

1

to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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.)

3

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

to peel; to skin; to pare

1

lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality

2

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

pair; pair-oared boat

1

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

4

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

animal

2

to form a pair (pairs); to partner

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

4

this area; around here

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

3

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

7

miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable

2

to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up

1

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

1

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

4

to burrow through; to dig through

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

cause of defeat

1

distance; range

5

cheek (of face)

2

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

2

partner

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

3

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

to be found; to be discovered

3

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2