jpdb beta

killing time; staving off boredom

1

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

3

gentle; mild-mannered

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

friend; companion

2

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

1

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

2

love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)

4

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)

1

class

1

company president; manager; director

4

performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

1

division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category

1

two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

choice; selection

1

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image

1

vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

1

beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

2

public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

1

office

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

taste; liking; preference

2

radius

1

ten; 10; ten years of age

2

within; inside of; less than

1

race (of people); type of person

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

2

you; (arch.) your residence

2

thought; idea; ideology

2

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

2

dangerous element; person who poses a high risk

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

2

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

3

at times; occasionally

1

indispensable; essential

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

1

belief; faith; conviction

3

to increase; to grow

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

the very thing; itself

2

guiltless; innocent

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

ambition; aspiration

1