jpdb beta

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

2

according to plan; as planned; on target

3

wide-open; frank; open; candid

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

4

secret; secrecy

5

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

1

after; later

1

unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

1

quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

1

several people; a few people

4

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

1

sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations

1

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

1

for some (unspecified) reason

1

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

1

features; looks

2

manner of wearing clothes; way of dressing; way one dresses

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

2

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

3

all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention

1

to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out

1

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

3

that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me

1

two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation

1

social networking service; SNS; social media

3

in succession; one by one

5

discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile

1

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for

2

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

2

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

3

to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget

2

matter of concern; matter of interest

1

crowd; throng

1

natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic

1

to be annoyed; to be inconvenienced

1

wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

ranking table (e.g. sports league)

4

in a row; in a line

3

two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)

1

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

1

don't do anything rash!; keep composed!

1

to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down

3

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

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