jpdb beta

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

2

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

2

feigning sleep

1

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

2

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

1

then; if so; if

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

4

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

2

ready (to do); willing

2

passenger

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

11

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

going home from work; on the way home from work

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

2

slight; thin; on the weak side

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

2

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

33

family; members of a family

5

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

3

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

3

surname; family name; last name

1

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

4

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

3

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

2

dusk; twilight

2

stadium

4

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

3

flirting; making out

1

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

6

one defeat

1

as always; as usual

2

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

2

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

1

intentional; on purpose

1

mere; only; just; slight

5

blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void

1

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

2

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

5

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.)

4

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

reality

2

to come back

13

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

2

street light

2

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

4