jpdb beta

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

5

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

3

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

3

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

perfect; complete

13

to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

2

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

9

another time; some other time

2

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

7

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

to become misty; to become hazy

1

to hate; to dislike

3

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

11

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

1

bag

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

4

to make eye contact

1

with these words; while saying

4

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

2

rival; competition

5

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

2

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

4

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

4

junior high school student; middle school pupil

6

national convention; national competition; national athletic meet

2

even though; despite; when

4

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

10

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

crabbily; unsociably

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

29

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

at any rate; anyhow

2

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

3

light purple

1

down jacket; quilted down coat

1

denim; jeans

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

earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

knit cap; woollen hat

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

3

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1