jpdb beta

to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

4

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

1

saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ

1

horizontal; level; even

1

march; parade

1

Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

1

Boston Tea Party (1773)

1

I'm ready for anything; leave it to me; bring it!

1

sound of an explosion

2

to burst open; to pop; to split

1

happy birthday!

1

candle

3

to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate

2

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

packing; wrapping

1

ceramic

1

make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

3

whetstone; grindstone

2

heavily; profoundly

5

ultra-luxurious; lavish

1

chandelier

2

CD player

1

fermentation; zymosis

1

using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

8

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

pillow fight

1

my; one's own; personal; privately owned

1

party of two

1

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other

2

uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure

1

seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

1

since some time or another; since who-knows-when

3

rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish

1

to pour forth; to spill out

2

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

planetarium

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

3

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

4

practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic

1

wishful

1

synchrotron radiation

2

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

1

the end (of); powder

2

origin; source; beginning; starting point

9

pre-

5

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

5

restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

1