jpdb beta

straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

3

biorhythm

1

engineering

1

interesting

1

close connection; deep involvement; close relationship

2

head

1

live-in (e.g. job)

1

someone; a certain person

1

first-aid; emergency (aid)

1

great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium

1

two people riding together (on a bike, etc.); riding double

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

2

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

3

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

1

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

read-only memory; ROM; lurker (in an online community)

1

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

2

trisection; dividing into three (parts)

1

karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading

1

tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō

2

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)

3

lighting up; illumination; floodlighting

4

aquarium (building); oceanarium

1

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

1

picture postcard

1

composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

2

esthetic; aesthetic

1

simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

1

intermediate color; intermediate colour; neutral color or tint; neutral colour

1

revolving door

1

reflectance

1

cloakroom; checkroom

4

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

8

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument

1

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

long-sleeved kimono

6

numbered tag; numbered ticket

3

to be greenish; to be tinged green

1

to become brilliant; to become cheerful

1

wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

(good or bad) feel when wearing something

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

standing at attention; standing stiffly upright

1

Happy New Year

1

tea party; get-together; tea ceremony

1

tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

2