jpdb beta

rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)

1

silent prayer

1

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

2

innocent; simple-minded

1

to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

5

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

1

close to the ear

4

to polish up; to shine up

1

love letter

1

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

dream for the future; hopes for the future

1

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

1

miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

6

person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person

1

list; wrist

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

1

person's name

1

complete stranger; total stranger

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

2

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

pity; compassion

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

if it is not ...; if it does not ...

1

bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit; weak

2

with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

4

basketball

1

Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

2

merry; joyful; gleeful

1

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

3

sparks

5

to scatter; to spread

2

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

1

forest fire; bushfire; wildfire

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

7

source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat

1

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

4

load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment

1

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

8

same kind (race); homogeneousness

2

mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

1

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

1