jpdb beta

number of characters; number of letters; word count

1

strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

3

time limit

1

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

11

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

2

furthermore; even more

2

inexhaustible supply

2

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

2

fragmentary

2

raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark

1

creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

10

(with a) start; fright; alarm

3

eavesdropping; tapping

1

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

personal history; career

3

one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

1

coexistence; living together

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

5

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

4

to embrace each other

2

execution

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

3

at a loss for words; stumped for words

2

matter causing distress; something causing worry

4

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

queen

2

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

14

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

9

to want; to desire

2

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

5

minutely; in detail; with particular attention

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of

2

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

3

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

question; query

1

pendulum

2

to move around

5

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

3

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

2

checkmate

1

this

4

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

modesty; self-control; discretion

3