jpdb beta

gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

1

to square one's shoulders

1

hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway

1

navigator; host (of a TV show, etc.); hostess; MC

3

to get dressed up; to treat oneself

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

3

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

2

fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical

2

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

10

head house (family); birthplace; originator

2

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

miscalculation

1

unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box

1

rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality

4

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

1

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight

2

action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene

2

comfortable; carefree

2

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

1

train window; car window

1

to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)

2

each house; every house; many houses

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant

2

Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san

5

Tokyo

2

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

3

Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

1

Shinkansen; bullet train

1

in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train

1

with a bang (clash, bump)

2

to keep balance

1

amount of sugar; sugar content

1

milk

1

canned coffee

1

relax

1

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

display

2

monitoring

3

caffeine

1

adenosine

1

digestive tract

1

within the blood; blood-borne

1

gamma

2

amino

2

butyric acid

2

peripheral nerves

1