jpdb beta

continuous

2

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

4

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

4

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

5

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

2

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

genius; prodigy; natural gift

2

literary woman; talented woman

3

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

3

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

3

region; limits; stage; level

2

to reach; to get to

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

4

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

3

to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly

1

washing; sashimi chilled in iced water

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

8

to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body

9

several (objects, usu. from two to six)

1

to experience

5

Frittata

1

change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

15

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

12

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

2

grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult

5

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

4

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

4

calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare

3

to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

6

pressure; force

9

to peel; to skin; to pare

1

ordinary person

1

wearing one's hair up; coming-of-age ceremony where 12 to 13-year-old girls get their long hair tied up; wearing one's hair up with a hairpin (type of hairstyle used by court ladies)

1

to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)

1

to make merry; to be festive

6

making something widely known; introduction; debut; announcement; unveiling

4

décolleté; décolletage; robe décolletée; low-cut dress; low-cut (neckline style); décolleté

10

lanthanum (La); lantern

1

slit

1

inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear

2

bottom; lower garment (e.g. jeans, slacks, skirt, etc.); hem (of trousers, skirt, etc.)

1

to become fraught with emotion

8

(very) beginning; start

3

right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

2

reluctant (to part)

13

whenever you want; any time you like

1