jpdb beta

sudden change; complete change

2

to use (something) as a selling point

1

to date; as of now

1

to happen upon (someone or something); to happen to meet

1

handmade; homemade

1

positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic

1

admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

5

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

3

time limit; time restriction

1

willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

1

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work

4

unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless

2

before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally

1

soprano

2

to hold one's breath

3

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

2

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

2

a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

momentary; instantaneous

1

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

3

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

2

obscurity; mystery; abstruseness

1

to boil; to simmer

2

to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble

6

(deeply held) resentment

3

to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)

2

to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

3

sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!

1

stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

1

full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored

2

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

6

depending on; dependent on

1

in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

3

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

3

conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché

1

while passing each other

2

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

3

oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child

1

soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu

1

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

3

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

1

earlobe

1