jpdb beta

younger; junior

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

1

social meeting place; watering hole

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

participant; entrant; player; competitor

1

to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)

1

frequent; incessant

1

ability; capability; skill

2

single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall

2

tearoom

3

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

1

end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

1

today; this day

1

transparency; degree of clearness

1

glass; pane

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

1

first-class goods; A-grade product

1

large-flowered

2

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

1

smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

1

radiant smile; contented smile

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

2

to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

1

feeling; sensation; mood

1

to put one's strength into

1

innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

to have a chill run down one's spine

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

3

avid reader; bookworm

4

attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

1

opera

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

to go on reading

1

diversion; putting something to another use

1

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

1

to be worried; to be troubled

3

next morning

1

high spirits; gleeful mood

2

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

2

or

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1