jpdb beta

to be erected; to be built

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

4

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

nearly one hour

1

temporary truce; ceasefire

1

tempo

1

to go up the stairs

6

to have nerves of steel

1

tension; mental strain; nervousness

2

to suspect; to sense

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

7

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

1

the West; the Occident; Western countries

1

doll; puppet; figure

2

Japan

1

contrast; comparison

1

analysis

3

fascinate; bewitch; enchant

1

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

1

to begin; to set about; to start

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

3

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

3

shelving; pigeonholing

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

2

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

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

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)

1

escort

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

sign; signal; cue

1

distance; range

4

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

2

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

1

that sort of; like that

1

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

2

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

6

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

depth; deep place

1

assistant

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2

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

2

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

2