jpdb beta

to improve one's skill

1

imitation; copying

3

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

1

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

2

far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

1

precedent

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

to turn towards; to point

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

with a start; with a jump

1

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

2

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

3

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

2

smile

2

a few moments

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

3

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

commitment; pledge; promise

1

you could say that

1

physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses

1

to prosper; to flourish

1

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

mixed; mingled

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

1

to shine

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

4

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

inside; interior; inner part

2

halting (speech); faltering; stammering

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

1

everyone; anyone; no one

1

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

2

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

4

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

4

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

2

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

1

snow; snowfall

1

to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

1

shivering; trembling

2

anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho

1

to take by surprise

1