jpdb beta

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)

1

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

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

16

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

throat; important part; vital area

1

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

8

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

8

choices; alternatives; options

4

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

4

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

18

good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B

1

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

3

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

even though; despite; when

5

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

tedious; boring; being fed up with

3

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

9

teary eyes

5

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

6

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

11

as always; as usual

4

resultant; consequential

3

woman; female; feminine gender

5

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

event; phenomenon; matter

1

occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

1

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

2

influence; effect; impact

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

5

dry eye syndrome; DES; keratoconjunctivitis sicca; keratitis sicca

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

34

bang; whump; boom

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

7

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

3

closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully

2

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

2

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

1

ash; ashes

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

8

aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)

4

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

4

a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)

2

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

6

grief; lamentation

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

1

prayer; supplication

1

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

2