jpdb beta

joke; jest; funny story

10

to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up

1

good grief

6

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

5

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

blanket

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

3

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

7

to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)

1

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

1

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

20

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

2

the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

5

comb

6

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

2

finish; end; completion; result

2

to smirk; to grin broadly

2

twice

3

crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies

1

tomboy

1

scruff of the neck

2

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

13

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

23

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

1

lesson

1

oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...

4

hold; holding; long press (touchscreen gesture); touch and hold; hold (in rock climbing or bouldering); hold (in wrestling)

1

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

3

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

6

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

2

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

2

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

1

lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)

1

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

4

silence; stillness; quietness

1

to be (doing)

2

evil spirit; demon; devil

2

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

4

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

9

to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...

10

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

12

with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease

3

(distinction of) sex; gender

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1