jpdb beta

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

9

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

index finger; forefinger; second toe

2

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

5

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

button (clothing); push-button

2

repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)

1

to close; to shut

2

event

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

Monday

1

older brother; elder brother

25

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

9

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

3

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

student council

2

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

3

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

3

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

younger sister

10

hard struggle; strenuous effort

2

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

4

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

2

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

3

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

5

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

2

interval; break; pause; spare moment

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

2

current student; enrolled student

1

just before

3

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

corners of the mouth

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

5

head of the student council; president of the student council

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

chance; opportunity

3

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1