jpdb beta

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

2

such ... as; or some such

7

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

2

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

4

occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

3

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

7

father

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

2

grim face; angry look

1

to glare at; to scowl at

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

8

wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

1

whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

5

evening sun; setting sun

5

often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

2

beckoning

1

sign; signal; cue

2

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

foaming

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

1

to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

1

place of execution; execution site

1

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

5

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

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

3

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

half killed

1

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

1

to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

1

to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

1