jpdb beta

joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4

newcomer; tyro

4

investiture

8

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

2

a certain ...; some ...

1

favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice

1

absence; disregard; indifference

2

fish

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

6

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

4

impossible; unlikely; improbable

3

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

to turn towards; to point

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

9

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

5

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

4

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

skipping a grade

1

thank you

4

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest

1

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)

2

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

3

problem child

2

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

16

Keisuke

15

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

2

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

2

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

to go out and away; to leave

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop

1

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

1

each time

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1

silly person; dumb-bunny; dope

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

fire; flame; blaze

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1