jpdb beta

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

2

last night; yesterday evening

3

old friend; old pal

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

2

faltering; hesitation

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

8

brand new; fresh

1

this evening; tonight

1

calling on; visiting

1

to do

2

mysterious thief; phantom thief

1

advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

4

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

4

arrow; wedge; chock

2

(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation

1

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

2

one-to-one; one-on-one

2

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

1

scolding

1

just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp

1

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

1

cheerfully; excitedly

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

2

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

6

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

3

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

ignition; lighting; firing; setting off

1

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds

1

mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt

1

pleated skirt

1

Japan

7

calligraphy

1

league; federation; union; alliance

1

person holding a dan rank; black belt (martial arts); dan player (go, shogi)

1

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

embroidery

2

(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire

1

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

2

totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

2

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

2

to collide; to clash

2

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

right in the center (centre)

1