jpdb beta

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

10

cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

5

slope

5

which; well; now; c'mon

2

taking (a picture or video) secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret (video) recording; filming without someone's knowledge

1

innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike

3

seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection

2

horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp

1

double gain

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

9

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking

4

limited express train

2

tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor

1

two-storied building

1

green car (Japan Railway's 1st class)

1

connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction

1

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)

1

calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

4

looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward

3

(horned) blue demon; blue ogre

4

red-horned demon; red ogre

7

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking

1

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

2

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

1

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

10

childhood

1

to have a bitter experience

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

2

cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate

2

deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference

1

checking one's e-mail

3

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

2

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

computer

3

blip bleep; in short repeated movements

2

wicked smile; evil grin; sinister laugh

2