jpdb beta

shower; passing rain

1

flattery; cajolery; flirtation

1

east

1

light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

1

clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

1

international conference

1

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

1

Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike

1

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

1

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

1

sensitivity to cold; poor circulation

1

rent; tear; split

1

main street

1

cosplayer

2

queer; odd; fantastic

1

two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation

1

libido

1

to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

1

to soothe and humor; to coax

1

to date; as of now

2

better; preferable

1

good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful

2

cheating

1

mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit

1

solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

1

ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law

1

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

1

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

1

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

metal sake jug; sake warmer

2

pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

1

Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern

2

shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (of a golf club); mine shaft; pit

1

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

1

one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

1

small sum of money

1

family quarrel

1

the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief

3

to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)

3

duty of confidentiality

2

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...

1

arm wrestling

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

pessimism

1

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

2

family

2

lover; rubber

1