jpdb beta

molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

2

hello; good day; good afternoon

16

trueborn; genuine; capable; first-class; briskly; smartly

3

invisibly; secretly; privately

13

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

1

cultural

1

usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant

1

gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

8

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

9

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

6

coupled with; together

12

indirection; indirectness

1

disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-

2

hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering

1

beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

13

secret; mystery

1

shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

pornographic film; blue film

1

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image

2

unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular

2

telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call

9

to scratch; to claw

3

in the city; within the city

3

live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage

1

to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

8

back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

6

to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

2

to lend an ear to; to listen to

2

street parking; on-street parking

1

to stoop; to bend over

3

10 yen coin

1

walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)

1

change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

4

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

heavily; profoundly

1

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

2

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

4

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

6

-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism

1

ordinary person

1

spin kick

2

bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic

1

this area; around here

6

cough; coughing; tussis

1

discount shop

2

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

15

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

5

(death from) starvation; starving to death

2