jpdb beta

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

10

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

6

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

14

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

13

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

8

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

17

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

52

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

15

librarian

6

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

26

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

118

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

90

in that way; thus; so; the same; so?

93

pocket watch

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

10

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

6

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

179

but; however; although

43

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

20

absence; disregard; indifference

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

108

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

89

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

39

two persons; two people; pair; couple

29

end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

4

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

1

to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled

3

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

13

a bit more; a bit longer

9

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

106

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

63

to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)

24

a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance

37

eyebrow; eyebrows

6

to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

182

pupil (of the eye); one's eyes

23

curiosity; inquisitiveness

8

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

8

to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam

6

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

20

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

2

to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

6

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

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