jpdb beta

English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)

1

planner; game designer

1

planning

1

urine; small amount of water

1

entry qualifications; joining qualifications

1

sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance

1

lighten up!; cheer up!

1

arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)

1

calyx

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking

1

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)

1

best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

Narita

1

talk; chat

1

animal passions; carnal desire; lust

1

exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling

1

dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk

1

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

perfect; perfection; perfect game

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom

1

in very small pieces

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

to get wet

1

God; god; ace; king; superior person

1

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

1

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

1

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

1

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

1

written invitation

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

1

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

1

not limited to; not just ...

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1