jpdb beta

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

3

depiction; description; portrayal

2

or; otherwise

1

overall; on the whole

2

addition; supplement; appending; appendix

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

1

Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

section manager; section chief

1

iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague

1

a bit more; a bit longer

1

polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement

2

to be helpful; to be useful

4

clattering; rattling

1

keyboard

1

to ring; to clang

3

Enter key

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

turn

1

one revolution; one rotation

2

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

fine white noodles

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

switching over to; migration; transition

1

personal computer; PC

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

2

Déjà Vu

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

courting; wooing; making advances

1

to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

1

semi-pro; semi-professional

1

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

3

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

6

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

locked room; secret room

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

1

choices; alternatives; options

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

1

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

1

before long; even now

2

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

1

bra

2