jpdb beta

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

to overhear

3

beckoning

1

low voice; whisper

4

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

3

something (or other)

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

3

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

4

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

2

group; bunch; crowd; group

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

5

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

4

just above; right overhead

1

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

free fall

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

1

thud; bang

1

response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

1

to rush back; to run back

1

reflexive; reflecting

2

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

being startled

2

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

3

dash

1

slightly; faintly

1

thumb; big toe

2

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

18

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

bowl

1

to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up

1

heating; application of heat

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

7

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

1

thin slice; slicing thin

1

grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)

2

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1