jpdb beta

stimulating; exciting; provocative

3

in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

1

spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person

1

from the beginning

2

intelligence officer

5

true state; actual condition; reality

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

2

mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain

1

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

1

smoky

1

visit to the United States

3

rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

3

Satou Eisaku (1901.3.27-1975.6.3)

1

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

13

close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

beer bottle

1

spout

1

cotton cloth; cotton material

1

from now on; hereafter

3

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

1

shutout; shutting out; lock-out; freeze-out

1

to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

2

chemicals

1

public university

1

sect; faction

1

bodily build; degree of fleshiness

1

matter of concern and interest

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

4

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

1

pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose

1

to twitch

1

precedent; example

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

2

brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster

1

torpedo

1

asphalt

5

mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime

1

male student

3

(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin

1

to carry around; to carry on one's person

1

nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

6

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

4

one more time; once more; once again

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

7

to place firmly; to hit very hard

1

small mochi placed on top of a big mochi; two things heaped together

1

traditional Japanese handball game

1