jpdb beta

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

3

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

5

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

9

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

5

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

27

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

2

assistance; support

14

to make sense

1

tactics

8

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

17

suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday

2

dinner; evening meal

1

hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)

2

half day

9

to put back in a good mood; to cheer up

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

19

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

18

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

2

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

3

visitor; caller

5

hello; good day; good afternoon

3

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

1

flawless; absolute perfection

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

17

huh!; oh; wow; I see

12

to have a meal together; to sit at table

1

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

6

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

3

taciturn

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

4

unrelated

4

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

3

strategic

1

best; vest

22

fighting spirit

5

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

3

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

4

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

2

foreign country

5

close; intimate; on good terms

1

critical moment; do-or-die situation

2

close; intimate; on good terms

4

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

2

at least

7

changing schools

1