jpdb beta

hair (of the head)

4

to do over; to remake; to resume

1

to smooth out; to straighten; to relax

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

2

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

6

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

7

movie; film

4

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking

1

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

2

scenery; scene; landscape

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

shout; yell; scream

1

as if; as though

7

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

inside pocket

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

3

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

promotion; advancement

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

6

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

dream

5

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

3

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

1

after school (at the end of the day)

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

2

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

return; coming back

2

clock; watch; timepiece

2

blackboard

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

3

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

2

wow!; gee!; oh dear!

1

jet lag

1

oh goodness!; I say!

2

quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

1

good grief

2

person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm

1

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

1

calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

3