jpdb beta

ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

meaning; called; said

1

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

5

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient

1

cake

1

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

but; however; although

1

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

2

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

no-consultation day (at a doctor's office, clinic, etc.)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

5

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

4

attendant; companion

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

2

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

3

how; in what way; how about

4

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

3

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

5

foreign; abroad; overseas

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

2

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)

3

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)

1

night; evening; dinner

1

Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)

1

sushi

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

1

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

6

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

6

movie; film; motion picture

6

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

2

indicates question

8

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

6

bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

1

such; like that; that sort of

3

popular name; common name; given name

1

please

2

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

2

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

2

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1