jpdb beta

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

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epilogue

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compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu

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Tuesday

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doze; nap; snooze

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with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

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shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

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big yawn

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samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

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counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

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sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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

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yuck; vomit; vomiting

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to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

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chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

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strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement

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fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

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to count; to enumerate

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paper money; note; bill

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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alliance; union; league

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even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

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quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles

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to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

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anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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to suit the convenience of; to accommodate

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dream; vision; reverie

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to pretend; to act (as if)

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endpaper (of a book); end-paper; facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment); looking back; triumphing over (a rival)

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fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

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to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

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real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

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underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down

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with a bustle; with a hubbub

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

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round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

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disk-shaped

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soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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headfirst slide; head-first sliding

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catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

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unjust; inhuman

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plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater

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rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

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