jpdb beta

handbag; purse

1

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

4

to put on (clothing, esp. new)

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

5

shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

2

ending up right back where one started

1

frame; flame (abusive or threatening message)

1

obstacle; hurdle

2

advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)

1

mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship

1

indecent; obscene

3

pessimistic; gloomy

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

4

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

5

eye-witness; witness

1

having said that; on the other hand

2

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

1

bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic

3

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

6

phoenix

2

like; as if; the same as

12

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

3

rebroadcasting; rerun

3

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

24

clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

11

feeling of solidarity

2

pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

3

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

11

each; individual

19

super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

5

to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain

1

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

5

geography

3

modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)

1

(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

1

to be too short

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

8

general idea; concept; notion

18

dice; die

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

amount of sugar; sugar content

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

4

auntie; older woman

3

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

van; truck; delivery van

2

final; eventual; ultimate

10