jpdb beta

navel; belly button

1

(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)

1

hotpants; hot pants

1

culture gap

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

3

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

2

black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family

1

notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card

2

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

5

hating; strongly disliking

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

novel for young girls

1

compromise; cross; blending; eclecticism

1

love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

2

handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman

1

to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

4

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

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

1

to peek; to peep

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

2

reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

1

calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

1

announcement; notice

1

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

3

secret society

1

to send in

2

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

1

to be worried; to be troubled

5

store; shop; restaurant

1

person making threats; intimidator

2

evening; dusk; twilight

1

street

3

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

9

with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

9

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

2

back street; back alley; off-street

5

even

2

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

2

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

2

memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad

1

poem

1

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1