jpdb beta

26; twenty six

1

law-like nature; regularity

1

hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around

1

time is up

1

breakdance; breakdancing

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune

10

game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event

1

theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest

5

dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter

1

my personal (e.g. opinion)

1

heart pounding; chest tightening

1

freestyle

1

point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

self-improvement

1

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

1

acting; performance

4

making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)

5

I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...

1

to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

1

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

2

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

1

far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

holding hands with fingers interlocked

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart

1

massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust

1

manner of death

1

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

1

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

nutrient

1

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

1

(your) time

1

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

1

aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

1

had better do so

1

romantic

2

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)

1

ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (esp. in piano-playing); fourth toe

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

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

1

report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

1

weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

1

without doing ...; don't

1

marriage proposal; courtship

1

story; tale; legend; plot; storyline

1