jpdb beta

to do

5

invitation; introduction; temptation

11

apology

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

to say; to be called; to do

4

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

4

with these words; while saying

4

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

reply; answer; response

7

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

chocolate cake

1

tart; roll of sponge cake with sweetened beans

3

Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)

1

cheese cake

1

to overeat

3

stomach; dietary needs

1

shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)

4

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

4

sauce; Worcestershire sauce

1

to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

5

square

2

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

3

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

11

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

coercive; overbearing

3

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

4

willpower; energy; vitality

4

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

5

to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

5

having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

1

to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)

5

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

5

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

2

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

6

to pour on

4

wrinkle; crease; ripple

4

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

2

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

7

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

7

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

3

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

3

hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

1

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

7

fool; idiot

3

boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos

1

perfect; complete

16

peach (Prunus persica)

2

strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen

2

like that; so

2