jpdb beta

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

6

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

2

hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle

3

business ability; business acumen

1

to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)

1

to rack one's brain

2

travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

1

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

15

cooking; food preparation

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

3

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

2

school festival; campus festival

12

gag order; gag rule; gag law

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

live-in (e.g. job)

3

somehow; for some reason (or other); why

6

good-natured; of good character

1

best friend; very close friend

1

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

2

(school) class

2

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

ten percent

1

eatery; restaurant

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

3

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

4

band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band

1

musical performance

1

fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement

11

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

3

bar run by a male transvestite

1

to grasp; to get

2

short play; skit

1

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

1

boyfriend; he; him

4

(act of) writing on a blackboard

1

wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical

1

booing

2

none of your business; not your concern

1

disgrace; shame

1

blackboard eraser

1

autonomy; independence

2

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

8

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

7

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

3