jpdb beta

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

6

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

4

tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite

2

master

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

amusement; fun; brief entertainment

1

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

2

root; joint; base; crotch

1

flower garden

1

almost (did); nearly (did)

1

for example

4

omniscient point of view (in narration)

1

to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

to talk the night away; to talk all night

1

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

finite; limited

3

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

2

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

4

common saying; slang; argot

1

shoulder bag

3

(doing) as one is told

5

tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki

2

woman with a diagonal strap between her breasts (shoulder bag, set belt, etc.)

4

phenomenon

1

shoulder strap (on a dress)

1

slash character (ASCII 057); slash (fan fiction)

1

symbol; code; sign; notation

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; to feel down

2

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

3

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

2

suddenly; all of a sudden

3

each; (arch.) you (plural)

2

retina

1

phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance

1

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

4

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

5

mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock

44

living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

1

speed (per hour)

2

first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)

1

massage; rub; squeezing

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

4

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

3