jpdb beta

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

meandering; winding

2

my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

4

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

2

image change; changing one's image; makeover

1

chrysalis; pupa

2

emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings

2

Rita

2

fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best

2

true

2

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

5

live (broadcasting, music, etc.); live performance; live concert; resonant (room, etc.); reverberating

7

maybe; could be; might

4

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

4

feigning ignorance; acting dumb

1

total work of art; complete work of art; Gesamtkunstwerk; artwork that integrates music, poetry, and acting; composite art

1

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

1

brand new

1

schedule; program; programme; agenda

1

news

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy

2

tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

4

physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

2

to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike

3

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

paper bag

2

already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely

1

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

2

to moan; to groan

1

to thank

2

illness; disease

1

name of a disease

1

tobacco shop; tobacconist

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

10

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

2

tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

5

dinner; evening meal

2

all day; for a whole day

2

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

4

cousin (male)

2