jpdb beta

foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter

1

baseless; groundless

1

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle

2

to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

1

to leak out

1

at the window; by the window; next to the window

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

comparison and contrast

1

examiner

1

selection

1

approval; license; licence; permission

1

to leave open

1

appointment; rendezvous; date

1

killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time

1

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

2

steering committee

1

psychological trauma

1

prevention; check

2

assistance; support

1

to look at the long term

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

positive thinking; optimism

1

exercise

1

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

1

one's cherished opinion; pet theory

1

self-flattery; singing one's own praises

1

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies

1

approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude

1

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

1

to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing

1

infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)

1

proud; triumphant; boastful; self-satisfied

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

1

outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider

1

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

1

cartoon-character costume

30

Hanasa Kajiisan

1

field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

1

large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period

1

koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)

1

to sniff out; to catch the scent of

1

divinity

1

singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes

1