jpdb beta

prize; award

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

1

sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system

1

runaway (child); apathy; carelessness

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

2

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

1

heroine

2

decisiveness

1

tolerance; broad-mindedness

1

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

2

good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

1

reader

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

4

start

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

this piece; this work

1

couple with a large age disparity

1

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

1

buying; purchasing

1

thank you

2

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

poor work; humble reference to one's own work

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

3

in accordance with plans; just as planned

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

afterword; postscript

1

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

1

pen

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation

1

diary; journal

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

outline; summary; argument

1

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

1

book report

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1