jpdb beta

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

princess; daughter of a nobleman

1

the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

2

carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself

2

punishment; penalty

7

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

to impose a punishment (on); to punish

2

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

3

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

to kick hard

1

class

2

long

2

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

2

dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent

1

leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

7

senior; elder; person older than oneself

2

standing to reason; natural

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

election; selection; choice

1

moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

4

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

1

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

5

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude

2

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)

3

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

self-justification; excuse

1

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

3

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

3

thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor

1

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

1

once more

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

bright person; talented student; prodigy

1

fundamental; basic

2

(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement

2

to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1