jpdb beta

security; stability; safety; peace

1

principle of laissez-faire

1

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

1

penmanship; calligraphy

3

parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

1

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum

1

quality

1

fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

1

handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph

3

(measuring) ruler

1

yes and no; for and against

1

study; library; den; home office; reading room

1

reclining chair

1

sense of values; values; value system

7

around

1

past forty; following right course

1

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names

11

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

2

superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

2

to put up (a notice); to post

1

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

1

payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

and yet; despite (all) that

2

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

1

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

1

to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

7

(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

2

marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles

19

destruction of evidence

1

gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me

1

to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out

1

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

1

square

1

herbivore

1

pellet

3

telling (on someone); tattling; snitching

1

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

accomplishment; execution

4

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

1

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly

2

being pendent; hanging down

1

to overeat

3