jpdb beta

sportsman

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

3

big fan (of something or someone); great fan

1

editor (in publishing, etc.)

4

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

1

order; sequence; procedure

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

3

a long time ago

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

all; everything

2

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

1

Asakawa

1

Kouichi

1

probity check; background investigation

1

to lose one's way; to get lost

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

1

to doubt one's own eyes

2

without thinking of the consequences

2

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

2

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

1

dropkick; flying kick

1

16; sixteen

1

characteristic

1

bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

trivial; slight

1

to accord someone every courtesy

1

to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself

1

cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants

1

reach

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

2

the unthinkable

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

3

to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind

1

clothing; garment; dress

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

5

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

5

first name; given name

2

with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration

1

geography

1

slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

1

have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!

1

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

1