jpdb beta

to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)

2

use; utilization; utilisation; application

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

1

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

4

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

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

1

nineteen; 19

1

stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

older sister; elder sister

3

how many; how old

1

four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips

4

retainer; vassal; follower

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

2

descent (esp. in skiing); sliding down; skiing down; downhill (race)

1

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

widow

1

ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head

1

(western) paper

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

1

water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

thumb; pollex

2

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

1

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

2

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

3

season; time of the year

4

because of; owing to; due to

1

to catch a cold

1

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

2

plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

2

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

1

molar (tooth); grinder; premolar

1

to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

1

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

to have the nerve to

1

sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

1

unrequited love; one-sided love

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

is not; am not; are not

3