jpdb beta

to begin; to set about; to start

3

very; extremely; excessively

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

6

else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides

1

my personal (e.g. opinion)

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

4

reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

2

at once; immediately; right now

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

11

high-risk, high-return

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

2

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

2

shortcut

1

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

2

radio calisthenics

1

both arms

12

bending and stretching

1

cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

6

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

3

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

1

meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator

3

decrease; reduction; decline

9

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

3

waste of time; killing time

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood

1

then; if so; if

4

southern part; the south (of a region)

1

literally; to the letter; literal

3

low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

1

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

1

both sides

4

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

1

wooden; made of wood; wooden construction

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

3

wooden wall

1

woodblock (musical instrument)

1

actual size; full size

1

wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

murder; killing; murderer

7

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

2

shriek; scream

4