jpdb beta

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

3

boy; man; male

23

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

2

place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)

1

spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

4

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

7

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

4

(some) more; even more; longer; further

6

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

7

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

2

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

7

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

15

to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

1

pink

4

lipstick

5

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

2

uproar; disturbance

1

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

3

convenience store

2

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

7

school gate

5

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

12

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

2

some people; a number of people; several people; a few people

4

list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog

2

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

1

to ponder; to brood

1

another school; other schools

2

acquaintance

2

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

else; in addition; besides

11

who

13

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

7

enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm

1

fifty; 50

4

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

4

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

2

counter for people

4

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

2

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

2

high class; high grade

1

a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

2