jpdb beta

tray

2

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

4

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

3

space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

6

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

2

fruit

1

preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

5

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

fruity

1

bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)

1

carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

woman; lady; adult female

5

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

3

front; frontage; facade; main

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

6

pleasant talk; chat

2

hat; cap

1

just the other day; quite recently

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

3

pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

1

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

7

to be transparent; to show through

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

9

season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)

12

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

2

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

2

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

audience; spectator; spectators

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

9

last (year); yesterday

1

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

3

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

3

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

2

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

2

to assemble everything together; to do something as a group

1

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to underrate; to make light of

1

great mistake

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

1

one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

Dance card

13

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

2