jpdb beta

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

2

tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

2

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

speech; expression; wording; language

5

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

indecent; obscene

3

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

3

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

14

communication

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

conclusion

2

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

2

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

4

(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack

2

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

you (plural)

12

months (period of)

15

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

good morning

1

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

3

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

9

convenience store

1

concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

1

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

3

teacher (classroom)

5

official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

5

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

2

to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

6

mere; simple; sheer

3

summer

6

ghost story

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

2

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

to forget to say; to forget to mention

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

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

2