jpdb beta

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

2

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

to be discouraged; to shrink from

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart

1

to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

5

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

2

right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing

8

left; left hand side

6

entering; going into

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

7

normal

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

1

evening; night; dinner

1

water's surface

3

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

2

in three days' time; two days after tomorrow

1

to make narrow

3

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

2

like; as if; the same as

2

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

3

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

2

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

5

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

good night

1

objection!; question!

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

1

trouble

1

to pray; to wish

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

to begin to walk; to set out

4

propelling pencil; mechanical pencil

3

to grasp tightly

2

next day

3

Saturday

3

morning; a.m.

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

6

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

6

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

3