jpdb beta

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

3

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

breach of manners; breach of etiquette

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

combination; pair; duo

1

appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

1

dilemma

1

if you insist (on it)

1

simply (cannot)

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

2

to pout

1

consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

3

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

2

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

forehead; brow

1

to poke; to push

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

to be in high spirits

1

pen case

1

felt-tip pen

1

if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

when; at what point

2

leader of a charge; first to arrive

1

convenience store

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom

4

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

2

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

first appearance

1

Dragon Magazine

1

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

January; first month of the lunar calendar

2

New Year's Eve; December 31

1

third day of the month; three days

6

opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

4

Tokyo Big Sight (exhibition center)

1

east

2

house; hall; building

1

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1