jpdb beta

snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut

1

delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

3

to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

1

hair (of the head)

4

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

yesterday

16

popular song; hit song

1

speaker

1

several seconds

1

silence; stillness; quietness

3

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

3

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

2

to wring the neck; to strangle

1

use; service; purpose

4

pride; boast

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

8

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

2

laugh; laughter

1

incubation; hatching

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat

3

inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking

1

exposure; disclosure

2

hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

4

the future; future prospects

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

5

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

3

first name; given name

3

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

awfully; terribly

1

cheerful; lively; lighthearted

1

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

2

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

1

to pick up; to pick out

2

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

2

fine white noodles

1

to slip off

2

counter for colours

3

to perceive; to understand

1

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

5

to look into; to peer in

10

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

5

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

10

beam; light ray

3

irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

5

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

4