jpdb beta

arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

2

return of something; repayment

3

trusting too much; overestimating ability

2

oracle; revelation; divine message

1

blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

west

22

power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty

1

twitching

1

what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion

1

feigned illness

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

3

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

1

ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

1

lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into

2

through a (computer, etc.) screen

2

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity

1

handsome

1

to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

1

pity; compassion; mercy

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

2

not in one's right mind; insane

1

foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

for fun; half in jest

1

Meiji Memorial Hall

1

angry roar; bellow

1

trembling with excitement

2

to be slow in saying

1

day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)

1

consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

1

retirement; resignation

1

to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

1

automatic

1

disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity

1

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

3

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

2

woman past her prime

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

1

a trickle of tears

1

mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval

1

economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties

1

person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

1

unopened (state); with an unbroken seal

1