jpdb beta

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

one by one; one after another; successively

1

intimacy; friendship

2

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

4

direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

1

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

3

end of an eyebrow

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

young person; youth; young

1

falling in love; attachment

4

therefore; consequently

4

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

1

feeble

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

4

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

6

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

my; our; one's own

1

dear

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

1

flawless; absolute perfection

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

later on; eventually; afterwards

2

to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship

3

looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

2

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

to suppress one's emotions

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

5

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

3

palm (of one's hand)

1

to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

2

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

massage

1

end; close; termination

3

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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