jpdb beta

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

1

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

4

evangelist

2

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

2

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

1

to move (house); to change residence

3

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

9

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

8

meaning; called; said

2

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

10

(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

1

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

1

electric appliance store; electrician

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

2

mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt

4

refrigerator; fridge

5

microwave oven

1

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

rice cooker

1

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

5

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

3

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

2

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

personnel selection

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

I'm hungry

2

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

2

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

3

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

thank you; thanks

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

4

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

pleasantly smiling

1

by separate post

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

12

closet

4