jpdb beta

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

6

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

4

being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself

1

obscene; indecent; dirty; improper

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

sales; selling; salesman

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

each time

1

to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears

2

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

2

fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain

2

though; much as

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

bakery; baker; pastry shop

1

unexpected; surprising

1

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

1

meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

late at night

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

3

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

3

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

1

chastity; virtue; fidelity

3

bottom of one's heart

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

4

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

1

digression; many divergences

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

2

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

2

reply; answer; response

2

gap; space

1

misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

5

animal passions; carnal desire; lust

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

ignorant of the ways of the world

2

young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic

1

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

trap

1

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

licking one's lips; licking one's chops

1

to look forward to

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

opinion; point of view

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

3

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

5

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

3