jpdb beta

bright; intelligent

2

acorn

2

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

3

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

2

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

12

(in the same way) as before; as always

2

tumbling

2

to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out

3

imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

7

lawsuit; complaint

2

to grow up; to become an adult

7

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

3

outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

2

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

4

talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

1

resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

another idea

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

11

to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support

12

so; therefore; and; (and) then

2

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

6

quarrel between brothers

2

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

right; privilege

7

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

6

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

9

dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

1

year of one's birth; one's birth year

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

10

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

1

one drop (of fluid)

1

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

4