jpdb beta

committee member

12

in all

6

test of one's strength; test of one's ability

1

first issue

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

2

template

1

wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

15

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

6

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

phase

3

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

9

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

4

string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

16

blue; sad; down (in the dumps)

13

to save up (money)

4

viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)

1

dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking

2

sponsor

1

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

2

hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

1

stylish

6

compassionate; sympathetic

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

6

healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

4

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

4

effect

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

4

red

126

to become fraught with emotion

1

Takashi

13

part; part-timer; part-time (work)

1

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

3

sexy pose

3

cleavage (between breasts)

5

fiction

2

pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black

5

to bring back

5

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

precocity; early ripening; premature development

1

game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play

2

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

3

to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far

1

to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

1

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

3

avid reader; bookworm

3

romanticist; romantic; dreamer

2

slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

4