jpdb beta

to divide into three (parts); to trisect

4

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

5

thicket; coppice; brushwood

2

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

65

brand new

5

(corrugated) cardboard

2

face; looks; vestiges; trace

5

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

3

kitten; small cat

13

one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth

3

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

4

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

6

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

3

telephone number

16

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

1

being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

1

against; contrary to

11

years later

5

... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

1

attending physician; doctor-in-charge; attending doctor; one's doctor

2

to be tired of looking at

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

4

to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)

1

faraway; far-off

3

borderline; boundary

5

having an expert eye

4

kilometer; kilometre

6

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

6

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

11

beige

2

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

5

east

16

to entertain; to make welcome

1

taboo word

3

unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)

2

the big three ...

2

bad temper; bad mood

1

indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance

8

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

6

to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home

5

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

1

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

1

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

10

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

6

straight line

3

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

7

far away in the distance; in the far distance

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

2

next; then; after that

3

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

6