jpdb beta

to drink in one gulp

3

belch; burp; eructation

1

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

2

receiving; acceptance; reception

1

gulp; gulping

1

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

1

all; everything

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

4

kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage

3

to inform; to report

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

2

wolf

1

bob (haircut)

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

1

a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work

1

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

1

(musical) accompaniment

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

1

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

2

beautiful

2

to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

1

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

1

Heian period (794-1185)

1

ancient times

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

delight; great joy

4

grief; sorrow

1

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

2

spectacle; sight; scene

1

to date; as of now

1

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu

1

person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person

1

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

3

to exchange words

5

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

squashed; crushed

1

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

4

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

vowel

7

handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

2