jpdb beta

fluent; flowing; elegant

1

branch office; branch store

3

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

2

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

1

forcibly; against one's will

2

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

7

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

1

appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

2

working away from home

1

a person without a single relative

1

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

2

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

2

older sister; lass; young lady

17

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

road approaching a shrine

1

Ouch!

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

vise; jack; capstan

1

to apply pressure to; to press

1

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

1

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

3

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

3

skull; cranium

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

7

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

1

skirt

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

2

sanctions; punishment

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

2

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

8

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

3

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

5

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

if; in case; supposing

2

calamity; disaster; misfortune

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1