jpdb beta

to look towards

3

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

in; at; for

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

1

to speak through the nose; to nasalize

1

to regret

3

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

mortal

1

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

2

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity

1

detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

3

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

one's family (home) background (environment)

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

2

educational system

1

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

3

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

5

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

1

cold, strong, dry wind

1

one month

2

the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

the whole country

1

(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list

1

serial killer

1

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

hair style; coiffure; hairdo

2

fashion

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

weekly publication; weekly magazine

1

teenager

1

generation; the world; the age

2

charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

1

to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

1

to perform; to play; to act

1

hero

1

to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs

2

onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)

1

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

1