jpdb beta

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

to happen to pass by

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piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

18

neigh; whinny; bray

2

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

to become muddy; to become slushy

1

very dim light

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

1

tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

1

green; greenery; verdure

1

large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

1

emerald

1

to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall

1

curve

1

(lower) jaw; chin; mentum; chatterbox

1

cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress

1

cuff; armhole

1

dark red; deep red

1

to shed light; to cast light

1

apron (waist-down); waist apron

1

glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down

1

wound (suffered in a fight)

1

doing ... until one goes bankrupt; doing ... until one goes broke; falling short of (one's reputation); failing to live up to (one's appearance); falling through (e.g. of a plan)

1

to arrive; to come to pass

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

1

very; much

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

make; workmanship; preparation

1

double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade

1

length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)

1

forty; 40

1

centimeter; centimetre

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

orderly; officer's servant; batman; soldier assigned to wait on an officer

1

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

1

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

2

left breast; left side of the chest

1

name plate; name tag; label

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

1

identification papers; ID

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

3

agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity

2

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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