jpdb beta

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

2

to get in touch with

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

weakening

3

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

1

to twist off

1

wiping; drying

2

cloth; fabric

3

younger scholar; future reference

1

nowadays; recently

1

seeing; looking at

1

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

2

(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first

1

head

1

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

3

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field

1

to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

1

pure

1

strawberry

1

sand dune; sand hill

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

number of persons; personnel

1

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

2

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

4

attractive body; nice-looking body

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

biceps

1

mountain range; mountain belt

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

5

heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product

1

to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish

1

to smash; to crush

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)

1

loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex

1

micron

1

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

2

youngest child

1

give-and-take; give and take

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

studying abroad; studying overseas

3

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

2

second half

1