jpdb beta

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

1

stir; commotion; noise

1

main street

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

5

cocoon

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

few days

2

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

6

to hold one's breath

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1

very easily

1

to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

knife

3

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

1

half

1

this much; this amount

1

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

1

to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

observation; survey; watching

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

covered with; stained; smeared

2

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

to fold up; to fold into layers

2

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

to concern; to be related

1

missing; lacking

2

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

2

to write down; to record; to register

1

page

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

4

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

2

to the end; to the last

4

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

2

high-pitched; shrill

1

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

acting; performance

1

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

1