jpdb beta

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

1

to take by surprise

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

5

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

2

is not; am not; are not

7

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

to put one's strength into

2

with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by

1

Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

3

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

6

brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant

2

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

2

fireworks

5

afterimage; after image

1

to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)

2

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

to finish dyeing

1

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening

1

contrast

1

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

1

to release

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

4

night sky

1

intermittent

1

bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving

2

vivid; striking

1

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

2

even (e.g. even a child)

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

3

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

to get drunk

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

4

bubble generation; generation that came of age during the Japanese bubble economy era (born 1965-1970)

1

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

1

to say; to be called; to do

2

everyone

7

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

4

public announcement (in a department store, etc.); announcement over an (indoor) public address system

1

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

1