jpdb beta

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

1

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

2

usual state of things

1

sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

1

sandwich

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly

1

to form a line; to queue up; to line up

1

guess; conjecture

1

deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)

1

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

4

witnessing; observing; sighting

2

family court

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

heartbreak; grief; sorrow

1

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

lover; mistress

3

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

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

matter of time; question of time

1

(news) scoop

1

splish-splash; with a splash

1

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

1

return; welcome home

2

social problem

1

inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem

1

harem

1

gist; main point

1

one's mind

1

film

1

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

1

development (of film); photographic processing

1

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

8

drawing ability; skill at art

1

to bring to light; to expose (to the world)

1

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

2

acquisition; possession

1

Pulitzer prize

1

Italian food; Italian cooking; Italian cuisine

1

to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish

1

period of time; time slot; time zone

1

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

rare

1

early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age

1

to fall in love

2

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

3

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

1

incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

1

emotional instability

1