jpdb beta

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

head over heels; headlong; head first

2

damn kids

1

prediction; estimation

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

strong; intense; severe

3

thigh; femoral

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

3

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

1

persuasion

2

suspicious; doubtful

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

1

shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled

1

to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

1

Blowin' in the wind

2

solitude; loneliness; isolation

3

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

1

(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

1

in that way; like that; that way

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

ditch; drain; gutter; trench

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

half-crying; being on the verge of crying

2

being left out; being ostracized

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

2

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

desire; appetite; lust

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

2

cough; ahem

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

cough; coughing; tussis

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

cardigan

1

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

2

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

2

fine weather; fair weather

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

to want; to desire

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

3

warm; mild; genial

1