jpdb beta

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

3

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

1

rhythm

1

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

3

red hair; ginger hair

1

shoulder length hair

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

4

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

5

habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity

1

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

1

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

2

violent

1

means; way; measure

2

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

2

sleeping face

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

2

performer; entertainer; celebrity

1

several years; a few years

2

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

2

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

2

bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl

15

youth; young man

1

magazine

1

gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture

8

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

8

official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

3

connivance; overlooking

1

to skip over (while reading); to skim

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

4

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

5

comic book

2

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

3

fee; charge; fare

2

adding; addition; extra

1

as it is; frankly

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

7

I; me

11

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

4

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2