jpdb beta

space; room; airspace

2

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

5

fuzzy

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

1

reply; answer

3

to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

1

Africa

1

tribe; clan; house

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

5

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

1

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

these guys; these fellows

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

2

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

1

circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)

7

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

4

to approach

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

2

curse; spell; malediction

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

11

neighbouring house; neighboring house

3

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

mansion; residence

3

same; similar; (just) like; equal

1

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

16

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

to die

1

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

1

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

Western-style house

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

masterpiece

2

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

3

every evening; night after night

1

piano

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