jpdb beta

connection; pull

4

joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

irresponsibility

1

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

4

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

since when; from when; how long

1

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

1

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

2

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

5

swelling; bulge; puff

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot

2

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

1

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

5

mobile phone; cell phone

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

3

hanging scroll

23

lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)

3

cross; cruciform

4

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

16

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

1

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

2

to be photographed; to be projected

1

pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

2

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste

1

dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing

2

favour; favor

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

I; me

3

with a thump; floppingly

1

to look around; to take a view of

1

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

2

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

1

request

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

1

to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper

1