jpdb beta

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

8

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

great joy; delight; jubilation

1

in the end; finally; after all; ultimately

1

free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

2

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

1

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

1

to experience

2

be; is

1

near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

1

to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at

1

charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

1

with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively

1

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

3

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except

2

to smile

2

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

3

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

3

base of the throat; bottom of the neck

1

in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

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to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

3

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging

1

to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)

1

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

great delight; great satisfaction; rapture

1

to tire of playing; to become tired after playing

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2

dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

2

in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

4

taking turns on duty; being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka

2

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

5

to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

3

element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum

1

assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)

3

so far as

1

counter for months

1

child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

3