jpdb beta

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

2

talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

1

sense of loss; feeling of loss

3

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

3

inspiration; genius; super-human skill

1

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

8

reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development

4

in very small pieces

1

performance of one's official duties

4

file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents

1

nap; doze

1

forked road; crossroads

1

infantile regression

1

several years

2

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

5

what if (as in "what if" stories)

1

start of a romance; beginning of love

3

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

6

to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

1

bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

next time (occasion)

1

preparation for a lesson

2

lecture hall; lecture room

4

feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; not knowing what to do with oneself

2

to waste time; to kill time

1

handbag; purse; briefcase; attache case

1

free time; spare time

1

not taking an examination; not having to take an examination

1

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned

2

a throw; a fall

6

military service

1

to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

1

prosaic

1

hollow; cavity; hole

1

a long time ago

1

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

1

cultivation

2

skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

1

profit ratio

1

amassing of wealth

1

unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

1

doing as one is told; yes-man

3

appearance; how one looks to others; towards the outside; outside part

1

deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

1

going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)

1

single room; own room

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

3

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

1