jpdb beta

if it's the case

3

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

4

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

2

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

pointing out; identification

2

then; and (then); in that case; if so

1

nine; 9

2

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

12

right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)

3

third; no. three

3

ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry

1

research

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

4

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

1

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

2

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

10

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

to be manageable; to be able to handle

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

1

good old wife; one's wife of many years

2

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)

1

freedom; liberty

2

relation; relationship

1

(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

3

subordinate person

2

rather than; more ... than ...

5

to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom

1

older; senior

2

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

1

senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

7

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

1

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1