jpdb beta

half step; half a step

1

getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

6

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

3

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

few days

3

collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

to become completely chilled

1

relation; relationship

4

the way back; the way home; return trip

2

to blow through; to blow across

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

3

dead leaf; dry leaves

2

bleak; chilly; dreary

2

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

4

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

2

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

5

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

1

attendance (at school); going to school

3

to approach

1

as always; as usual

1

reason; pretext; motive

5

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

1

stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself

1

to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

2

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

1

metre; meter; meter; gauge

6

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

3

to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled

2

six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)

2

right in the midst of; right at the height of

1

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

1

short; brief

2

grey; gray; ashen

2

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

5

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

3

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

2

street light

3

school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers

5

to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange

2