jpdb beta

half a year; six months

3

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

1

hey; say; look

2

to wave one's hand

3

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

8

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

9

bookmark; guidebook

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

sounds

2

to look around; to look towards (us)

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

this sort of

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

gossip

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

psychic phenomenon

1

supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon

1

to not believe one's ears

1

illness

2

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

actually; really

1

belief; faith; conviction

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

3

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

3

cold; short; curt; blunt

3

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

4

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

3

reading and writing

3

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

4

depopulation; declining population

1

village

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

6

school

2

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

7

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

kanji; Chinese character

4

primary school; elementary school; grade school

3

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

friend; acquaintance

2