jpdb beta

rim; brim; edge; brink

2

question and answer session

3

God; god

1

to fall off; to tumble down

2

amount of time one has

4

rostrum; platform

3

still image

1

Microsoft PowerPoint

4

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

2

different planet; another planet

5

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

3

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

5

announcer; presenter; speaker; publisher

1

one's personal opinion

1

organism; living body

1

panelist

8

stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny

2

to peddle (goods); to hawk

1

package

3

large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive

2

to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)

1

translation; shift; parallel displacement

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

omniscient point of view (in narration)

1

to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

1

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

6

black lustre; black luster

3

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

2

hard worker; hardworking person

2

thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)

1

mutation

2

frail; slender; feminine

11

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

3

to come to a close (end)

1

(positive) economic effect

3

efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

1

adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

1

Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

1

wrapping paper

1

squalid; messy

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)

1

laptop (computer); notebook (computer)

1

limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft

1

Ansel

1

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

49

speed reading

1