jpdb beta

to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to

2

good grief

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil

1

deed; act

2

hey; hold on; come on

2

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

1

the ... in question

4

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

3

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

1

to happen to hear; to overhear

2

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

very loud voice

1

to leave the room

2

hiding one's embarrassment

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

2

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

3

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

3

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

1

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

1

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

1

to expel; to drive out

1

to flirt with; to dally

4

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

3

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

2

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

3

concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

1

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

3

listing

1

follow-up (tracing) survey

1

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

8

indirect

1

capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

1

foreign country

1

coastal waters; adjacent seas

2

each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually

1

if so; in that case

3

to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious

2

awareness; realization

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

4

beyond this point; from now on; after this

6

to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

1

escalation

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

8

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

2

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

4

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

2