jpdb beta

exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

1

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

2

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

1

to come to a settlement

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

next; then; after that

2

to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

1

to throw away

1

to talk; to carry meaning

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer

1

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

2

forte; merit

1

to dance; to perform dance steps

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

step by step; by degrees

2

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

third stage; three stages

1

process; course; mechanism

2

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

7

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

2

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

2

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

2

to change; to replace

1

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

2

dawn breaks; day dawns

5

to fall asleep

1

good night

1

persuasion

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

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

8

eleven o'clock

2

counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation

1

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

2

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

1

to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

3

lower half of the body

6

physiological phenomenon; physiological response

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

8

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

smoothly; swiftly

3

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

10

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

2

first kiss

2

the second time

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