jpdb beta

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop

1

to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know

1

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

2

plot (of a story)

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

1

dining table

1

to become brilliant; to become cheerful

3

to giggle

1

severe; harsh

1

centre of attention; center of attention

2

box of cakes

1

hand sign; hand gesture

2

to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in

1

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

to give flowers as a gift

1

wickedness; evil; wicked person

1

I; me

1

magnolia

1

brilliant red; scarlet

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

precondition; prerequisite

1

stroller; buggy; pushchair

6

embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

1

to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)

1

sliding; being just in time

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)

1

mustache and beard

1

blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

1

salvation

2

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)

6

one's own country

2

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

Liu Bei (161-223)

1

eldest brother

1

military commander

3

passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)

2

ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive

4

Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms

3

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

4

Aramis

1

relations with women

1

Athos (mountain)

1

you

1

honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

1

Taika Reform of 645CE

1