jpdb beta

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

3

ultimatum

3

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

1

to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush

1

(a) glance; (a) look

1

to pick up; to pick out

3

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

3

to be overcome with emotion

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

2

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally

1

to look stern

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

6

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

1

amusement (recreational) facilities

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

2

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

2

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

2

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

there is nothing

5

will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

2

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

5

coming home from school

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

stupefaction

1

panting; gasping; heavy breathing

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

the following

1

(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

1

one; one

1

chisel

1

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

2

exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

3

tenth day of the month; ten days

5

(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement

1

how can (one) do something

5

sect; denomination

1

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt

3

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

answering machine; answer phone

2

intermittently; at intervals (of); after a pause

1

once more; again

3

to pause; to have a short intermission

1