jpdb beta

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

4

luckily; happily

2

fourth

3

united

1

bomber

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

21

rice cakes; pounded mochi rice

1

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

5

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

2

ouch

1

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

2

purgatory

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

2

telecommunications; correspondence

1

the spiritual world

1

going on a pleasure jaunt

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

hiccup; hiccough

3

amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

5

family; relatives; dependents; household

2

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

1

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

2

exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

1

it seems that; as if

3

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

14

with a gulp

5

cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

to be softened; to calm down

3

feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

2

chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia

1

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

2

world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)

2

addendum; supplementary material; afterword; postscript; marginal notes

1

reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

2

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

1

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

2

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

4

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

1

goodness; good

1

reader

3

heroine

1

that sort of; like that

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

4

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

16

rainbow

1

word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

2

famous line (from a movie, book, etc.); famous quote

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

5

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3