jpdb beta

age; years

1

sincere; earnest; serious

1

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

pinpoint

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

president (of a society); chairman

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

3

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

(period of) a year; during the era (of)

1

to look forward to

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

2

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win

1

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

3

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

1

flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity

1

dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief

1

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

1

disinheritance; disowning

1

waiting (for); expecting; standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper

1

beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man

1

baby; infant

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

5

last week; the week before

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

9

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

1

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

4

image; picture; portrait

2

major incident; major happening; big scandal

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

1

pregnancy; conception; gestation

1

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

1

sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)

1

smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick

1

that's the way it is; such is life

2

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

1