jpdb beta

nowadays; recently

9

non-nude erotica

2

outline; summary; gist; in brief

1

festival; feast; carnival

19

right in the middle (of); midst; height

4

the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

72

professional

13

great man; hero; master mind

4

display of fireworks; firework(s) display

22

first train (of the day)

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

1

sightseeing; tourism

3

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

3

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

impassioned speech; fervent speech

1

bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)

4

thigh; buttocks; arse; ass

34

sniper

4

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

24

train window; car window

4

sunlight; rays of the Sun

2

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

2

weekend

7

Friday

5

to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed

3

more than usual; especially; particularly

3

to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with

5

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

6

stripe

3

goods; promotional items

6

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

1

"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

5

tosa (Japanese dog breed)

1

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

5

stranger; outsider

4

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

5

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

2

slack; looseness; play

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

same meaning; synonymy

5

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

15

project

7

selection; choice; picking out

2

another company; other company

2

big shot; higher-ups

1

presentation

1

finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step

1