jpdb beta

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

3

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

1

ramification; branching off

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

4

to twine around

2

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

to take; to catch; to capture

1

moving about; stirring about

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

5

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

4

describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

what to do

5

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

3

(female) nurse

3

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

hallucination; illusion

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

5

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

to stop walking; to pause

4

conviction; belief; confidence

3

heavily; profoundly

1

at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

4

central part; heart (of a city)

1

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

4

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

2

end; close; termination

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

2

sounds

1

speaking voice; talking voice

2

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

to stretch (one's body)

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

to get used to hearing

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

3

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

3