jpdb beta

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

1

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

3

snakeskin

1

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)

1

furnishings; implements; equipment

1

diplomatic papers or documents

1

great seal; seal of state

1

stamp; seal

1

affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on); stamping

1

their Majesties the Emperor and Empress

1

signature or written seal at the end of a document

1

diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)

8

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

2

being very busy; busyness

1

heartfelt

1

presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent

1

goodness; good

1

serves you right!

4

yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

dawn; daybreak

1

elegance; taste; refinement

1

philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view

4

dawn

1

request

8

avatar (incarnation of an immortal being in Hindu); avatar (icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality)

1

endurance; persistence

1

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

1

hanging upside down

1

to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice

1

man among men; manly man; alpha male

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

6

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

2

life

1

hoe

2

loose; promiscuous; quick; brisk; rash; thoughtless

1

very large pecs (on a man)

1

alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC

1

culottes (esp. short divided skirt)

1

shorts

1

variation

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

3

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

to put up resistance

2

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)

2

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

wooden printing block

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

1