jpdb beta

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

2

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

3

to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on

1

to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control

10

all the more; still more

2

even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

military family; warrior class

3

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

3

probability; likelihood

1

pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast

2

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

1

best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

5

single standard; single base; single-feature show

1

butterfly

30

moth

3

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

18

Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra

3

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

2

spring breeze

3

to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

4

at that time; in those days

18

in case of; at that time; at this time

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

cylindrical

6

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

1

dinner; evening meal

4

Howan (Sanrio character)

4

to show signs of; to appear

1

siesta

2

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

18

this evening; tonight

1

to doze (off)

2

sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

4

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

2

spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

5

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

2

insect; bug

23

rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

10

stag beetle

4

to chase around

2

grotesque; disgusting; gross

1

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

1

grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)

1

department store; department

1

sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)

1

konara oak (Quercus serrata); pin oak

1

sap

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

5