jpdb beta

raging stream; rapids

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

8

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

7

support

1

to take someone's hand

4

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

8

mountain road; mountain trail

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

4

to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

slow; late; too late

4

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

3

calmly; coolly; primly

6

lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great

9

girl talk

3

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

17

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

6

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

11

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

3

fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one

2

we; us; I; me

1

to be silent; to say nothing

1

studio

5

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

6

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

1

looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

4

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

3

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation

3

easy-to-understand

2

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

1

hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers

1

be; is; isn't it?

13

hostess bar

4

nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

6

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

4

recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)

4

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

4

uninterested (in); having no interest (in)

1

alcohol; sake

2

without

1

tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

7