jpdb beta

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

put; place; leave; do (in preparation)

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

1

to hold one's breath

2

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

4

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

1

and then; and so; and; so then

1

mezzanine floor

2

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

to wave one's hand

2

hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping

1

to jump up and down; to hop

1

resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness

1

long period (of time)

3

at what time; when

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

to awake from one's sleep

1

delight; great joy

1

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

3

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

1

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

1

chrysalis; pupa

1

obedient; docile; quiet

1

imago; adult (insect)

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

4

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

creation; generation

1

genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree

1

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

to show in; to usher in

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

three times

2

dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance

1

suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

1

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

1

(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description

1

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

2

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

3

half a lifetime

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

3

end of war; cessation of hostilities

1

major air raid; blitz

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

2

occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

1

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

2