jpdb beta

wrapping paper

2

rent; tear; split

1

trap door; removable floor boards

1

vinyl

1

dice; die; die (tool)

1

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

3

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

4

seeming happy

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

2

uneasy; ill at ease; upset; agitated; perturbed

2

at present; now

5

one-year-old

5

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

8

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

cloth bag

2

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

1

sunlight

2

the road home

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

2

going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

1

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

4

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

2

forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

3

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

2

realist

2

low orbit; low earth orbit; LEO

4

bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision

1

maximum; local maximum

3

(video) recording

24

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

4

to be based in (a place)

8

at parting; on parting

2

momentous (crucial) decision

1

it's no joke; gimme a break!

3

to run through; to run past

10

advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

2

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

cake or snack served with tea

3

business school

2

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

1

meritorious war service

3

groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

3

successive generations; successive emperors

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

3

to devise; to plot; to plan

4

moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

1

first wave

2

timely; opportune

1

independence from parents

1