jpdb beta

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

1

without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless

1

to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about

2

buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking

1

cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK

4

return; coming back

5

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

downtown

1

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

2

timing

2

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

1

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

1

close; intimate; on good terms

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

6

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

1

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

2

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

1

to complain; to make a complaint

2

reason; right

1

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

1

you (plural)

4

close; intimate; on good terms

1

holiday; day off

2

four people

1

efficiency

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

meaningless; pointless

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

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

5

these guys; these fellows

2

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

3

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

2

to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

destination (one is heading towards); goal

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

2

to keep walking

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

2

Shinto shrine

11

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

5