jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

4

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

4

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

2

moonlight

5

reliance; dependence

3

grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming

3

fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic

1

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

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

satisfactory; decent

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

2

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

2

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

in case of; at that time; at this time

2

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

4

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

1

eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)

1

to be helpful; to be useful

3

talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

4

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

4

suspicious-looking; fishy

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

13

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

5

facing upward

2

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

8

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking

1

dream

10

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

3

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

4

eyelid

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

10

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

5

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

1

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

firm; company

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

6

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

using one's arms as a pillow

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

3