jpdb beta

suddenly; with a jerk

2

same; similar; (just) like; equal

3

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

7

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

to spread; to be propagated

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

2

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

4

you (plural)

11

such ... as; or some such

5

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

6

indigo blue; indigo

2

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

1

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

1

thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

5

making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

the same as always; day after day

1

to gather; to collect; to assemble

5

to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

2

to happen to pass by

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

6

regular customer; valued client

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

2

he; him; boyfriend

2

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

14

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

1

means; is; as for

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1

elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

2

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

fisherman

6

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

7

difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

5

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

8

to look forward to

2

however; because; as

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

1

source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)

1

early morning

1