jpdb beta

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

7

to have a reason; to have an excuse

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

5

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

1

downtown

2

strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

3

won't do (for me)

23

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

10

to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

2

strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

1

Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

1

bisection

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

9

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

4

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

2

to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short

1

details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances

1

difficult to understand

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

3

now that; since; so long as; because

2

revenge

3

battle; game; bout

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

hey; say; look

6

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

3

to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

3

to keep (a person) waiting

1

recently; lately; these days

1

satisfactory; decent

2

dream

2

full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)

2

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

2

yearned for; longed for; missed

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

4

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

1

small bones

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

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

2

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

5

familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit

2