jpdb beta

regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

1

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

5

to grasp; to get

1

in succession; one by one

7

Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake

1

frozen soil

1

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

2

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

2

snow; snowfall

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

4

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

3

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

3

serious look (on one's face); straight face

4

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

29

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

6

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

3

hatred

7

friend

14

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

3

to strangle to death

1

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose

1

snow storm; blizzard

1

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

4

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

2

absolute zero

1

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

4

each other; one another

4

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

6

to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with

1

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

1

kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room

1

apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)

8

woman; female; feminine gender

16

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

18

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

3

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

2

please (give me); please (do for me)

19

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4