jpdb beta

developing country; emerging nation

1

awfully; very; immensely

1

flexure; bending

2

maximization; maximisation

1

broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

1

stomach cancer

1

global scale

1

assistant director (in taking professional movies)

1

Atsuko

1

smoking area; smoking corner

2

unseasonable; out of season

1

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

to be in luck's way; to get lucky

1

good old; good old-fashioned

1

baseball player; ballplayer

1

willpower; faith; telekinesis; psychokinesis

1

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

1

exorcism rite; purification

2

enlightening; deep; meaningful; profound; subtle; rich in nuance

1

to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down

1

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

1

large forest

6

regular customer; valued client

1

in the early period (of something); at the beginning

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

1

unheard-of; unprecedented

1

trading company

1

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

1

violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

1

crystal ball

2

thousand years; many years

5

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

1

job hunting; job searching

3

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception

2

to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live

1

wicked woman; ugly woman

1

ahead; before; the future

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

2

selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion

1

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

1

greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed

1

to writhe (in pain)

2

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

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

1

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

7

love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

1