jpdb beta

Takuya

5

illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

5

having a dream

5

girl talk

7

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

1

love affair; liaison

2

George; Georgie

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

2

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

to read too much

1

review (of learned material); revision

1

massage

8

overheating; overexcitement

1

to become excited; to grow lively

1

different kind (species, variety); heterologous; heterogenous

7

miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness

14

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

14

line graph

1

point of departure; initial point; starting point

1

downward curve

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18

1

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

7

age lowering; reduction in age

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

2

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

mass communication; mass media

1

justice; fairness; impartiality

3

shoring up (a company, industry, etc.); propping up; bolstering; manipulation (of the market, esp. to prevent a sudden fall); jacking-up

3

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

2

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

4

having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

2

athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

2

to be common

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up

1

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

9

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

climate

1

flower pattern

1

shorts; (knee) breeches

16

sleeveless clothing

11

any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)

1

later on; eventually; afterwards

3

beach umbrella; beach parasol

2

compared to

2

patterned cloth

1