jpdb beta

curt; blunt; brusque

2

fanzine; fan magazine

4

handmade object; craftwork; handmade

1

art

1

fake smile; false smile

2

teen

1

fashion magazine

1

lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch

1

guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook

3

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

relation; connection; relevance

1

in fact

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

2

mystery

1

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

1

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

3

foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures

1

unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice

1

strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

5

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

to happen to hear; to overhear

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

5

niece

1

unheard-of; unprecedented

2

tightly clenched fist

1

glancing (look)

4

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

ultimatum

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

3

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing

1

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

2

for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

2

light; right; right field; right fielder

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to catch a cold

1

to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin

1

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

3

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

2

visitors; attendance

1

convalescence

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

2

desperate; hopeless

1