jpdb beta

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

3

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

fermentation; zymosis

1

childhood; infancy

2

writing something on commission; newly written text

1

sandpit; sandbox

1

to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

1

self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

newspaper

2

serial; serialized novel; serialised novel

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

1

writer; author

1

for a long time

1

to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

3

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

2

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

puberty; adolescence

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

2

food for thought

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

social problem

3

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

5

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

optimistic

1

anthelion (optical phenomenon)

1

Rintarou

13

(divine) revelation

2

now; come (now); well

1

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

1

Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)

3

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

2

individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic

1

jutting out (of bounds); being crowded out

1

juvenile delinquent

2

school violence

2

to appear in the newspaper

2

age; era; period; date

1

naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat

2

school education; formal education

3

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

1

problem child

2

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

1

an eye for people; the ability to judge character

1