jpdb beta

many years; a long time

1

intuition; instinct; hunch

2

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

5

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

3

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

4

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

2

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

2

arrangement; pact; agreement

3

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

2

gentlemen's agreement

1

information sharing

1

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

1

selfish

3

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

2

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

4

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

6

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

3

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

1

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

1

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

1

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

3

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

mysterious disappearance; being spirited away

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

dialect; provincialism

1

at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow

1

hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)

1

overall; general; as a whole

1

war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat

5

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

air conditioning; air cooling

1

large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)

1

jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly

1

pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case

1

milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk

1

membrane; film

1

tea with milk

1

paper cup

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

6

being lost in deep thought

1