jpdb beta

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

4

to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

1

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

1

nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

1

unfortunately; regrettably

1

should; must; ought to

10

adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic

1

three minutes

1

cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss

3

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

2

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

mask; striking the head (kendo)

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

8

Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy

1

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta

2

ah; oh; hey!

5

goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

1

heigh-ho; yee-haw; yahoo

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

31

running as fast as one can

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

2

(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after

2

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

group (usu. of people)

1

even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

5

excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

16

usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

3

childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile

2

event

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

2

to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

3

someone; somebody

10

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

2

innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

4

great joy; delight; jubilation

2

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

2

imagination; supposition; guess

3

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

study; pursuit of knowledge

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1