jpdb beta

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

marriage; matrimony

2

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

without a moment's delay

2

in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

3

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

2

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

doll; puppet; figure

9

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

7

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

to knock down; to knock out

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

1

(deeply held) resentment

2

next week

1

New Year

7

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

2

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy

1

to beat the hell out of

1

early stage

1

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

3

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

to cancel; to call off

1

curse; spell; malediction

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

4

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

3

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to get out of bed; to show a leg

1

year after next

2

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

5

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

2