jpdb beta

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

3

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

6

to become frayed; to become loose

1

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

5

sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

1

space; room; airspace

10

with a creak; creakily

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

4

cut; notch; end; conclusion

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

4

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

1

being shot; being bombed

2

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

9

high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway

4

momentary; instantaneous

2

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

9

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

4

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

1

hardness; stiffness

3

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

3

sharp; keen; acute

2

body surface

1

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

16

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

2

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

2

to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

3

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

7

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

3

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

3

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

2

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

6

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

6

gleaming sword

1

six; 6

5

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

1

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

32

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

7

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

5

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours

2

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

2

gloomy

1

to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

9

when it becomes; when it comes to

4

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

9