jpdb beta

be; is

2

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

3

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

14

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

3

they

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

4

acting; performance

5

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

10

schoolgirl; female student

3

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

8

both (people)

1

(some) more; even more; longer; further

1

shoulder

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

2

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

1

feeling; sense; impression

2

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

20

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

4

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

3

reopening; resumption; restarting

2

enthusiastic performance

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

7

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

22

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

5

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

2

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

1

was; were

4

but; however; although

8

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

2

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

10

just because; even if; even though

1