jpdb beta

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

3

acceptance

2

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength

1

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

2

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

1

heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low

2

strong; hard; manly

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

1

electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

1

in addition

1

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

1

to wash away

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

2

neat and clean; tidy; trim

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

whack-a-mole (game)

1

mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

1

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering

1

background music; BGM

1

to become free; to get time off

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

2

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

1

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

to be hungry

1

piece; fragment; one (object)

1

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

3

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

1

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

2

chuckle; giggle

3

munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt

2

first love; puppy love

3

unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

1

grinning; smirking

3

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

1

to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1