jpdb beta

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

7

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

3

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

1

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

6

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day

1

lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it

1

height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

1

cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

3

pen

4

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

1

right in the middle (of); midst; height

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

class activities; homeroom activities

1

fair copy; clean copy

1

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

2

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

2

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring

2

annoying; noisy

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

3

to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

4

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

connection; link; relationship

2

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

1

beckoning

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

the other day; lately; recently

3

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

arsenic (As)

1

low voice; whisper

1

heavily; profoundly

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear

2