jpdb beta

threesome (sexual activity)

3

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation

1

people

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

1

pet; trumpet

1

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

3

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

2

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

5

chair; stool; post; office; position

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

hypnotherapy

3

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

5

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

2

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

to dilute; to water down

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

1

patient

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

child

1

picture book

1

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

4

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

3

Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993)

1

salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)

5

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

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

1

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

1

start; beginning

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

5

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

1

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

deep breath

1

eyelid

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2