jpdb beta

B-side (of a record)

1

just because; even if; even though

2

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

2

bull's-eye; the mark

2

cassette (tape); game cartridge

1

one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

5

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

1

desperately; for one's dear life

2

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

3

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

for visitors; for guests

2

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

4

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

3

Wednesday

15

quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely

3

windy; windswept; blowy

4

typhoon; hurricane

4

Kii Peninsula

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

30

grandfather; male senior-citizen

10

answering machine; answerphone

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

2

that sort of; like that

12

sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

5

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

uninterested (in); having no interest (in)

4

wind pressure

3

appetite (for food)

2

set meal; special (of the day)

4

tidying up; finishing

4

as always; as usual

2

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

1

hula; hula dance

1

modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)

1

rhythm

9

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

5

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

6

rest; break; recess; intermission

7

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

3

agenda

1

general affairs

3