jpdb beta

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

1

difficulty

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

16

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

inspection; audit; judgement; judgment

11

producer (film, TV, etc.)

1

like a decent person; human

1

to catch one's attention

2

night; nighttime

2

down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream

1

high street; town centre (center)

1

room number

2

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

1

mascot

4

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

3

front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management

4

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

3

business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers

3

royalty and titled nobility

2

purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

1

history; pedigree; lineage

1

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

1

futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

1

confused; inconsistent; incoherent; patchy

1

very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet

1

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

approximate age; age range

1

Afro

4

to mix; to stir; to blend

2

baseball cap

4

sunglasses

5

leopard print (design)

1

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat

1

unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved

1

confirmation; certification; ascertainment

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

1

still; even now

1

in a bad mood

3

(daily) segment of a radio or TV program

1

tax; duty

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject

2

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

1

party-internal; within the party

1

horse's length

3

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

2

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

returning from school; going home from school

1