jpdb beta

liking; taste; choice

2

man; male; masculine gender

7

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

6

self-consciousness; self-awareness

7

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

both hands; both arms; ten

3

to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

5

indicates emphasis

8

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

22

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

4

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

1

coincident with; while; simultaneously

13

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

2

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

2

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

4

desk

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

5

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

3

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

8

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

1

to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

uniform

4

dust

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

Tomonori

4

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

20

near oneself; close to one; familiar

2

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

3

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image

2

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

fuselage; airframe

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

2

fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

2

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

5

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

5

pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

2

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

8

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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