jpdb beta

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

15

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

1

one's mind

1

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

2

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

1

to beat to death; to kill

2

to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

1

to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

3

mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

2

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

4

company president; manager; director

5

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

5

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste

1

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

3

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

1

extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

3

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

1

to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

5

enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

8

thank you; thanks

6

upturned eyes

2

preface; introduction; preamble

2

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

4

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

2

tendency; trend; inclination

2

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

3

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

3

bean sprouts

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

6

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

3

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

running away; escaping on foot

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1