jpdb beta

with a bang

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

4

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

3

reference book

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

3

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

4

easy to understand

1

note; memo; memorandum

4

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

3

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married

2

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

1

to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly

1

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

job hunting; job searching

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

headband

1

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

9

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

2

slight; thin; on the weak side

1

long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

3

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

2

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

1

reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn

1

partly open; in half bloom

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)

1

heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

4

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

(degree of) freshness

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

2

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

2

school day

1

to win; to gain victory

4

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

9

finger flick to the forehead

2

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

6

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

first person to say something; first person to suggest something

1

luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant

3

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

rather than (do ...)

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

3