jpdb beta

(one's) life

2

unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

4

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

2

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

3

sediment; earth and sand

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

2

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

2

to lie face-down

1

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

3

to get goosebumps

2

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

2

front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan

1

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

at least; at most; (even) just

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

seawater; saltwater

9

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

3

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

balance

4

castle

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

5

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

1

to increase; to multiply

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

2

manner of using one's hands

2

grains of sand

2

to grasp tightly

6

to look upward

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

round shape; circle; circular form

1

night sky

2

opinion; view; comment

5

primitive; original

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2