jpdb beta

kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

5

to get in touch with

1

notes; comment; remark; annotation

1

underground train; subway

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

4

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

6

kiosk

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

7

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

6

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

6

carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby); carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax)

1

escalator

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

3

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

5

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

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

6

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

10

instant; moment; for an instant

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

10

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

8

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

3

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

object of romantic interest

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

to hide; to conceal

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

6

from the beginning

2

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

1

if; in case; supposing

8

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

2

too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much

1

you; dear; honey

10

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

3

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

17

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

9

email address

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

6

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

cooked rice; meal

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

33

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

2

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

8

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

4

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

3

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2