jpdb beta

angle

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

1

signature phrase; signature saying

1

true character; true heart; true spirit

2

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

2

scenery; scene; landscape

2

professional

2

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

environment; circumstance

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

3

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

1

100 yen

2

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

Don (Spanish honorific)

1

merely for form's sake

1

coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)

1

seems; I guess

1

act; deed; conduct

1

five; 5

1

close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

plan; project; scheme

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

3

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

less than ...; smaller ...

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

2

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

2

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

television program; TV program

1

(video) recording

1

library

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

2

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

2

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

3

psychological; mental

1

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

1

judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1