jpdb beta

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

end; close; termination

5

half out of interest; mostly out of curiosity

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

1

brand new

2

literally; to the letter; literal

1

indescribable; having no way to express

1

feel (of a material); texture

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

2

cuticle

1

halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair

1

to shine; to glitter

6

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

1

short; brief

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

precisely because

1

Omotesandou

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

3

before and after (e.g. photos)

1

metamorphosis

9

gelatin; gelatine

1

jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

1

unbalance; imbalance

1

monster

2

again; once more; a second time

7

performer; entertainer; celebrity

1

space; room; airspace

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

1

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

4

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

3

store; shop

1

store interior; inside of a shop

1

vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant

3

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

3

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

1

durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)

3

privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store

1

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

2

the first and second; a few

1

percent; percentage

1