jpdb beta

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

conditioned reflex

1

stepping back; drawing back

1

glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

1

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

9

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

1

to take a shower

1

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

2

one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.

1

to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize

1

platform; home; home base; home plate

1

feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

2

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

1

lively motion; throb

1

earnest; single-minded

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

to cry; to shed tears

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

1

goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)

2

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

1

one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough

1

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

2

occurrence; happening; incident; event

3

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

3

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

6

number; series of digits

5

lower lip

2

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

4

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

rock; boulder; crag

4

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

4

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

2

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

2

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

2

swift current; rapids

2

yearned for; longed for; missed

2