jpdb beta

rejection; dismissal

1

warning; advice

2

unlucky day; evil day

1

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

1

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

1

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

hair dyed brown

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

1

playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

11

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

17

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

6

basketball club

1

captain

1

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

2

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

4

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

trivial matter

1

chopsticks

1

to stop walking; to pause

4

posture; stance

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

full name

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation

1

in that manner; like that

1

things; everything

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

3

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

1

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

2

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2

with these words; while saying

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

3

to look towards

1

to pause; to have a short intermission

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

2

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

rock-paper-scissors (game); janken

2

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

1