jpdb beta

mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert

1

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

3

to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

1

employee; servant

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

1

platoon commander; section commander

1

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

3

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

succession; continuation; series; sequence

2

I'm hungry

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

1

going straight (to); going direct; unwavering action; decisive action; upright conduct

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

2

white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

1

to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger

2

silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money

3

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

3

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

4

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

3

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

3

dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

2

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

1

to be tired of hearing

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

5

according to (someone)

4

overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

4

to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth

3

to swallow; to gulp down

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

4

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

6

(verbal) message; word (from someone)

1

father

12

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

3

one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions

2

acceleration; speeding up

8

forming a familial relationship (through adoption, marriage, etc.); adoption

2

(one's parents') home

6

to come back

3

patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir

2

letter; note

1

furthermore; even more

4

competent; suitable; qualified

1

half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal

1

eldest sister; oldest sister

1

to select someone (out of many people)

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

unlikely; improbable

1