jpdb beta

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

4

to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

2

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

2

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

4

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

2

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

2

sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

1

last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

1

fan form; fan shape

2

hair

1

pitch-black; jet-black

2

cape

1

red lips

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

3

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

4

cocktail party

1

special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness

1

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

3

to get along well together; to be close to each other

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

1

afterbirth; placenta

1

refined; elegant

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

3

Marianas

1

(ocean) deep; deepest part of a trench

1

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

10

republic; commonwealth

1

founding of a nation

3

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

2

what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

3

sanity; consciousness; soberness

2

normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

1

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

15

cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree

1

tirelessly; perseveringly; without letting up

1

to straighten oneself

1

extracurricular activities

1

Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood

1

virtue

1

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

12

this or that person; anybody; many people

1

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

6

defective item; defective product; defective merchandise

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

10

being argued into silence; being left speechless

1