jpdb beta

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

2

to accept; to receive; to agree

2

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

reality; consciousness

1

veil of darkness; curtain of night

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

camp; barracks

9

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

whispering into a person's ear

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

3

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

5

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

11

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

huh?; what's up?

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

3

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

4

from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top

5

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

3

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

2

fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)

35

qualified or eligible person

1

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)

4

halfway (through, complete); midway

2

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

2

chest; breast

1

wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

2

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition

1

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

2

first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

4

front; frontage; facade; main

3

to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

mother

2

patriarch; head of a family

8

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

2