jpdb beta

sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

5

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

2

to continue writing

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

indie game; independent video game

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

first challenge; first try

1

fumbling; groping

1

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

1

long-term view

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

exaggeration

1

at that time; in those days

2

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

1

damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

1

sliding

1

to score a goal

1

soccer player; football player; footballer

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

1

World Cup (e.g. soccer)

1

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

treasure

1

final; eventual; ultimate

1

brainwashing

1

sense of accomplishment

1

heigh-ho; yee-haw; yahoo

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

3

those; they

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

affirmation; affirmative

3

I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

1

one-way ticket

1

to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

assertion; declaration; affirmation

3

to fall in love

1

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

1

downcast look

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language

1

speech; expression; wording; language

1