jpdb beta

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

5

refusal; rejection

2

in that manner; like that

9

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

11

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

3

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

1

educational; instructive

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

2

to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

5

countenance; features; looks

2

was

4

ruffian; rowdy (person)

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

4

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

flower bed

1

inn

2

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

12

roadside; wayside

1

in this way; like this

7

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

7

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

6

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

1

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

1

reliance; dependence

2

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

6

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

2

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

6

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

5

to be the case that

3

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

1

woman

2

pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

money on hand

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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

16

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

3

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

15

complete desperation

2

unexpected; surprising

7

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

7