jpdb beta

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

1

really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

18

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

parents; both parents

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

4

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

6

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

4

personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

1

public utilities charge

1

about; concerning; related to; -ish

2

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker

2

electricity; (electric) light

1

payment

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden

1

foldable; collapsible

1

(Japanese) feature phone (as opposed to a smartphone); mobile phone designed for the Japanese market (with specialized features only available in Japan)

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

2

generation

2

old type; old style

1

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

2

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

3

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

3

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space

4

older brother

2

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

1

mobile phone; cell phone

11

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

10

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

3

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

4

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

2

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

16

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

4

to grasp tightly

1

to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

1

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2