jpdb beta

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

2

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

8

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

4

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

to be rejuvenated; to feel young again

1

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

6

single edge (e.g. sword blade)

1

adult; grown-up

5

next year

3

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

3

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

2

midday; broad daylight

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

glass; pane

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme

1

that's true; of course; obviously

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

3

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

3

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

to fade; to become dim

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

6

Briton; Englishman

1

female teacher

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

2

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

imagination; supposition; guess

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

3

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

2

to stop talking; to be silent

1

dwelling; house; residence; living; life

2

new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

this and that; one thing or another

1

going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

1

to get information; to find out; to get wind of

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

small talk; chat; gossip

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

2

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

1