jpdb beta

subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid

1

hateful; detestable; loathsome

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

2

quickly

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

2

velvet

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

spiral staircase

4

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

1

to have a reason; to have an excuse

5

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

2

wet through; drenched

1

gasp; pant

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

1

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate

1

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

to pierce through; to break through

1

dirigible balloon

3

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

balloon; blimp

8

dark night; moonless night

1

to fly in the air

4

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

2

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove

2

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

Blowin' in the wind

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kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

1