jpdb beta

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

2

to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

5

running as fast as one can

1

to turn right; to turn to the right

1

to escape

4

to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

1

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

2

to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

1

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

1

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

2

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

1

entry; going into; approach

1

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

2

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

3

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

1

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

2

darkness

3

to bend; to warp; to lose heart

1

each time

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

3

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

2

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

to escape from; to get out

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

1

soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

1

to cling

5

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

2

eyelid

2

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

consciousness; awareness; relief; calm

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

2

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around

4

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

1

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

1

business trip; official trip

1

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

2

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

1

to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)

1

(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado

1

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

1

unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

1

this much; this amount

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

2