jpdb beta

accountability; being held accountable

1

reporter; journalist

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

disgusting; creepy

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

3

spirit; heart; disposition

1

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

1

public holiday; celebration (of)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

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

3

small fraction; small proportion

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

2

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

2

this evening; tonight

1

Yokohama (city)

3

(within a) city; local

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

4

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

1

rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles

1

sending back; returning; referring a case (regarding juvenile crime) back to the public prosecutor

1

(railway) buffer stop; bumper; bumping post

1

important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition

1

very; much

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

to answer the phone

1

debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild

1

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

forked stick

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

2

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

to be photographed; to be projected

3

former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

1

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

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

2

love hotel

1

student days

1

middle and high school; medium and high (level)

1