jpdb beta

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

9

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

7

ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself

1

harm; injury; evil (influence)

2

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

1

high score

1

number one

1

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

1

to overdo; to do too much

1

electricity bill; electric bill

1

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

1

substitute

1

again; once more; a second time

2

to seize the initiative

1

each place; various places

2

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly

1

sincerity; good faith

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

future; distant future

1

rational; reasonable; logical

1

classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school

1

the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam

1

individual; one by one; separate; each

1

farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

1

expression; phraseology

1

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

2

sharp; keen; acute

1

to grasp tightly

4

India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)

2

audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep

1

trespassing; intrusion

1

collection of books; (personal) library

1

several volumes (books)

1

to kill time

1

ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)

1

second hand (of clock)

1

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

2

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

to reread; to read again

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored

1

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

3

slow; late; too late

3

time around sunset; early evening

1

prediction; estimation

2

one's mind

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

protractor

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over

1