jpdb beta

to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam

2

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

2

shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

7

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

3

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

4

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

3

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

2

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

3

to press a question; to cross-examine

3

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

1

sleepy eyes; drowsy look

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

2

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

4

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

for fun; half in jest

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

4

Maeda

42

target

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

7

exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of

5

weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal

1

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

1

gossip

14

well-informed person

1

convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

2

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

1

one after another; in rapid succession; without reservation; without hesitation; tramping; stomping

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

6

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

why; how; for what reason

2

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

4

to call the roll; to take attendance

1

absence; non-attendance

1