jpdb beta

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

puffing; chugging; steaming; feeling hot

2

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

5

to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

1

hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

2

cake

6

busy; having no time (for)

1

va-va-vroom; va-voom; vrrrm; sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs)

1

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

1

state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

5

motorcycle; motorbike

26

tire; tyre

1

brand-new article; new item

3

to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over

8

front wheel; saddle fork

1

rear wheel; cantle

1

helmet; hard hat; protective headgear

2

(hand) knitting

1

with a snap; with a flick; wide-eyed; with a flick (of eyelids); with a crackle (of a fire); with a rustle

5

please

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)

2

to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day

1

to get out of bed; to show a leg

2

manager; executive

2

rehearsal

2

pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking

2

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

5

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

7

wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse

16

villager

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

3

to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume

2

La Vie en rose

1

slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)

1

roller skating; roller skates

5

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

5

muffin

3

white horse; unrefined sake

6

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

8

(male) lover

2

like that; that way; thus

3

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

second half; latter half

1

false eyelashes

1

half-nakedness

6

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

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