jpdb beta

affirmation; affirmative

2

alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

3

schoolgirl; female student

1

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

1

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

2

word; vocabulary

3

to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand

1

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

2

anyhow; in any case

5

provisional; temporary; tentative; interim

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference

5

one point; stitched ornament; small needlepoint design; relief pitcher brought in to face one batter

1

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

3

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

distinction

1

ornament; decoration

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

to be expensive

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

reply; response; answer

1

family-oriented; familial

1

appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing

1

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

4

from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

1

street stall; stand; booth

1

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

4

hundred; 100

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

2

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

4

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

(for) one's own use; personal use; private use

1

to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

1

according to (someone)

1

to shake one's head

2

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

3

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

2

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

2

optimistic; hopeful

1

belief that human nature is fundamentally good

1