jpdb beta

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

3

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

33

birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday

5

fate; destiny; lot

1

somewhere; in some respects; in some way

6

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

4

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

9

four years

3

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

2

document collection

3

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

2

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

1

rival; competitor; competition

8

to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)

1

every evening; night after night

1

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

1

to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

4

these

4

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

7

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

13

timing

5

dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened

1

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

21

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

possession; ownership

1

dilemma

1

what kind of; what sort of; what

4

action

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

forcibly; by force; against one's will

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

2

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

8

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

8

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

1

va-va-vroom; va-voom; vrrrm; sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs)

2

tch; ugh; damn

4

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

2

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

5

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

5

to be expensive; to be costly

1