jpdb beta

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

sincere; honest; faithful

2

leather

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

2

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

2

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

detestable; disagreeable

1

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

2

an eye for people; the ability to judge character

1

economical; bargain; good value; good-value

1

melody; intonation

1

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

to gush forth

1

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

blessing

1

to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

1

to take by surprise

1

to twine around

1

inheritance; something given or received

1

technique; art; skill; move

2

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

1

inter-scholastic athletics competition

1

black belt (judo, karate, etc.)

1

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

1

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

1

spring

1

sleeping comfort or snugness

1

to jump up; to spring up

2

spoilt child

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

2

madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart

2

to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited

3

anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste

1

preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar

1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit

1

stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

2

critic; reviewer; commentator

3

to dry up completely; to become stale

1

black-spotted pond frog (Rana nigromaculata)

1

height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut

2

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

stem of flower

1

untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative

3

longing; great desire; aspiration

2

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

1