jpdb beta

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

1

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

true story

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating

1

silently; in silence

1

retouch; correction; improvement

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

wink

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

1

irreplaceable

1

irresolutely; hesitatingly; undecidedly

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

skill

1

eulogy; compliment

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

Thursday

2

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

appearance in court

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

house; hall; building

1

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

1

announcement; notice

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

judge; arbitrator

1

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

1

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

chronic disease

1

(prison) cell; ward

1

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

great haste; mad rush

1

vanishing like mist

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

2

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

1

obstruction; hindrance

1

somersault

2

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

1

to pile up; to accumulate

2

neglect; negligence; disregard; making light of

1