jpdb beta

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

8

arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness

2

overconfident; presumptuous

2

life jacket; life vest

1

butterfly

1

plastic model (kit)

1

camouflage; disguise

3

trip abroad; overseas travel

1

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

to shorten one's life

2

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

2

assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

1

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

1

with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech

1

troublesome; annoying; complicated

5

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

7

adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

4

good deed; good conduct; benevolence

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

12

sanctuary; Sanctuary (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Akamatsu faction; Akamatsu group

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

9

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

(political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

3

gaff

1

pillar of fire; blazing column

2

to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

2

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

8

you could say; you might say; verging on the

3

five (long cylindrical things)

2

to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

2

sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs

1

in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames

2

selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls

1

extinguishment; destruction; effacement

4

oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia

2

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

6

half step; half a step

1

to cover fully; to wrap around

3

atmospheric current; air current; airflow

11

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

the five senses

3

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

6

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

1

wild joy; ecstasy

3

amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

3