jpdb beta

bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

every person; each one; everybody

1

expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

3

army corps; corps

3

proficient; skilled; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude

29

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

4

fireworks

27

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

30

d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.

29

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

26

shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star

24

once upon a time; a long time ago

1

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)

3

military commander

1

tusk; fang

3

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)

2

revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth

6

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shuuto (type of pitch commonly used in Japan); shootball; shoot (of a tree or plant); chute

2

traveling (in basketball); travelling; traveling (from one place to another)

2

step; stride; counter for steps

2

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

1

to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up

1

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

1

exploding

1

ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy; glucose tablet

1

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

2

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

2

schwa

2

to be reliable

1

roadside; wayside

1

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

2

practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

forcibly; by force; against one's will

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

no; nope

4

spell; charm; incantation; magic words

3

animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

4

special radio or television programme; television special

1

(video) recording

2

contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

1

normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

3