jpdb beta

chirp; cheep

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit

1

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

1

both; (not) either

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

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

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

2

declaration; profession

1

to put on an air of seniority

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

only recently; just of late

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

I; me

1

(animal) collar; necklace; choker

1

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

3

braking (mechanism)

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

1

some people; a few people; several people

2

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name

1

to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread

2

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

three years

1

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

1

game; play; sports

1

obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

to apply; to adapt

1

bottom; buttocks

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

1

study; library; den; home office; reading room

2

sleeping comfort or snugness

1

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

8

one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)

1

each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

1

derailment; digression; deviation

1

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

1

languid; listless

5

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

3

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

2

trace

1

blow; hit; stroke

4

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership

1