jpdb beta

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

5

to leak out

2

lubricant

1

jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly

2

solid (body)

1

slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

2

spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers

2

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

2

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

2

reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

3

(Western) soup

1

intrauterine

1

washing (somebody else's body); scrubbing each other

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

devilishness

1

angel

2

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

Silver Week (any long string of Japanese public holidays other than Golden Week)

1

one beat

1

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

3

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

1

cuckoo

2

warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises

2

to cramp; to be cramped; to contract

1

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

1

to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war

1

Ouch!

1

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

2

chubby person

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

1

handicap

1

flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date

1

don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised

1

just as one was told; like she (he) said

1

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

2

dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

1

one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength

1

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

2

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)

2

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

1

to go ahead; to pull ahead

1

athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

2

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

10

spoon

1

cantaloupe-flavoured soda

1

melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

2