jpdb beta

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

cold color; cold colour

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

4

reduction; curtailment

2

right in the middle (of); midst; height

1

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

state of mind; mentality; psychology

3

to draw a line

1

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

3

highlighter; highlighter pen

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

4

trademark

1

to check; to compare

1

yellow

5

soot-colored bamboo (coloured); bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

4

close; intimate; on good terms

1

only recently; just of late

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

2

to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

1

last night; yesterday evening

2

to join forces; to cooperate

2

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

2

to make eye contact

1

this much; this amount

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

1

preparation room

5

(not) so much; (not) that much

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

to pout

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

(a) glance; (a) look

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

to shed tears

8

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

1

inflamed eyes

1

farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

4

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

3

soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

1

brush cleaner; brush cleaning; brush washing; writing brush washer

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

4

to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink)

1

green tea; Japanese tea

2

bitter

1