jpdb beta

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

2

club activities; extracurricular activities

3

much less; to say nothing of

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

16

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

3

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

6

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

1

itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

6

to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood

2

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

2

ridiculous; odd

3

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

4

failure; mistake; blunder

6

ribbon

3

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

1

stir; commotion; noise

3

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

3

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

18

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

4

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

6

in addition; besides

4

stairs; stairway; staircase

13

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

10

spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands

4

to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

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

8

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

1

money; metal

8

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

11

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

4

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

24

connection; link; relationship

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

6

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

non-fruit-bearing flower; something that is flashy with no content

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

2

existence; being

3

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

8

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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