jpdb beta

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

4

confections; sweets; candy; cake

28

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

4

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery

3

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

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

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

nude woman; naked woman

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

7

arhat

1

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

1

very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn

1

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

chance; opportunity

3

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

1

festival (esp. music, film, etc.)

1

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

1

how far; to what extent

4

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

2

Mito (city in Ibaraki)

24

gentle; mild; meek; tender

1

looks; features

1

to hate; to detest

1

charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

1

looks; appearance

2

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

it may be because

2

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

1

whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain

7

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

3

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

3

successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

2

chief vassal; senior statesman

1

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

5

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

6

dusty

1

(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

7