jpdb beta

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

3

return; welcome home

4

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

2

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

4

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

2

packing tape

1

weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)

1

jest; joke; funny story

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

1

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

2

clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

2

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

2

Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

2

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

4

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

1

mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

1

singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity

1

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

6

to lay aside; to set aside

2

certainty

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

2

adultness; maturity

1

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

4

cannot be helped; unavoidable

2

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

1

to recover; to be healed

3

Stockholm syndrome

5

miscellaneous knowledge

1

technical term

1

favorable; favourable

1

robber; mugger; robbery; burglary

1

hostage

1

plastic bag

23

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

4

three; three years of age

5

cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys

1

green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

1

sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings

1

similar to; like

1

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

2

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

1

not until now; never yet

1

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

1

vinyl

1