jpdb beta

half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity

1

broad-minded; open-minded; openhearted; generous; magnanimous

1

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

1

adult female; woman

1

bottom of one's heart

1

to make use of; to use (money) for; to lend (money); to advance (e.g. a loan); to accommodate (someone) with

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

good family; respectable family; decent family

2

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)

1

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

1

attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name

4

hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

1

even if; even though; although one might say; although called

1

sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable

1

irresponsibility

1

Fukushima (city, prefecture)

1

long ago

2

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

1

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

3

great emperor; ... the Great

1

arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

superintendence; supervision; administration

1

creator; Creator

1

peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days

1

without leaving any trace

1

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

1

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

1

creature; creation

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

war of aggression; war of conquest

3

captive; prisoner (of war)

1

same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility

1

artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

1

pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

1

New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)

1

human figure; human form

1

narrator; storyteller; reciter

1

to defy conventional wisdom

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately

1

to the trained eye

1

collaboration; joint work

2

to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

1

degradation over time; time-related deterioration

1

serious criminal; heinous criminal

1

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

1

skeptical; sceptical; incredulous

1