jpdb beta

ketchup; catsup

2

in public; in company

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

2

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

1

things; everything

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

2

(at) one bound

1

should not; must not

1

A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

2

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

3

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

guardians; parents; father and older brother

3

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

3

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

profitable plan; good plan

1

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

1

to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

2

clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine

1

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

4

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

3

mother

1

hindrance; intrusion

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

2

reply; answer; response

2

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

3

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

to meet; to greet

4

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

2

one's twenties

1

first half

1

same generation; one's generation

2

black hair

1

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

3

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

to frown; to squint

1

suspicious; doubtful

3

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

1

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

to clap

1