jpdb beta

kanji; Chinese character

3

pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

4

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

10

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

one's home; one's humble abode

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

8

pending question; unresolved problem

9

passport

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

6

apology

3

for fun; half in jest

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

3

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

4

abandoned cat; stray cat

1

strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

1

setting off (on a trip); departure

2

stay; sojourn

10

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

4

ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

3

seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good

2

reply; response; answer

4

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

7

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

2

(in) secrecy; behind closed doors

1

to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on

2

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

2

to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

1

corner; nook

6

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

5

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

4

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

fundamental; basic

9

closeted maiden; carefully raised girl from a well-to-do family

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

1

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

6

to guess right

3

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

1

travel planning; travel plans

2

hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person

2

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

3

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

2

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

6

local woman treated as a spouse by an already-married foreigner

9

short-term

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

3

with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

2

dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé

1

old friendship

1

being lovers

3