jpdb beta

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

6

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

2

(a) glance; (a) look

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

4

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

3

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

4

to make a sound

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

9

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

2

fundamental; basic

1

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

2

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

6

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

5

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

13

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

2

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

3

money

2

account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

2

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

3

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

6

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

2

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

1

freelance

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

3

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

5

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

4

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

7

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

3

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

7

to do as one likes

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix

19

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

2