jpdb beta

to play a leading role; to play a central part

6

appointment

2

ribbon

5

feel (of a material); texture

1

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

2

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

cultural

1

to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe

1

please

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

6

to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up

3

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

to feel depressed; to be down

1

first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person

1

cousin (older male)

1

young woman who uses the usually male first person pronoun "boku"

1

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

within; inside of; less than

1

annoying; noisy

2

to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

4

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

3

alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet

1

taking medicine; dosing

1

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

1

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

1

to assign; to set aside

1

person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all

2

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

compensation; indemnification; reparation; restitution; recompense

3

honorific title; honorific term of address

1

distant look; faraway look

7

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

prior investment; upfront investment

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

2

additional finance; additional funding

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison

2

casual income; extraordinary revenue; incidental income; nonrecurring income; perquisite

1

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

2

money matter; question of money; money trouble

2

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

3

turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom

3

entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses

2

not yet; un-

1

service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service (US)

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

5

human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

1