jpdb beta

long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

2

since when; from when; how long

2

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

from the beginning

1

to put one's life on the line

2

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

end; conclusion

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne; Vyvyan

7

pattern; design

1

bright red; crimson lotus flower

3

mask; disguise; guise; mask

2

state of emergency

1

bright; cheerful

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

feeling; mood

1

to knock down; to defeat

1

ambition; aspiration

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

walking sound; footsteps

1

greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)

1

exchange; conversion

3

too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

1

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

1

separate; scattered; apart

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

1

area; domain; territory; field; range; region

1

man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

why; how

2

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

2

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

no trouble; easy; simple

2

to take someone's life; to kill someone

2

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

2

suspicious

1

double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

2

proposal; offer; request; application

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

2