jpdb beta

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

8

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

8

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

7

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

1

quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

4

to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

1

snow; snowfall

8

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

1

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

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

6

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

2

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

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

2

maid of honor; maid of honour

1

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

6

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

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

1

was; were

5

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

6

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

7

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

3

optimism

3

south

2

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

cloud

1

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

1

a little; somewhat

2

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

2

you; dear; honey

12

as (somebody) says

1

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

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

3

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1