jpdb beta

whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz

1

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

to feel at ease

2

thought; consideration; thinking

2

counselor; counsellor

5

love; affection

6

want; shortage; famine

1

interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue

1

return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression

2

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

2

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

1

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

2

to get distracted; to jump off the track

1

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

2

communication

10

to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline

1

main question; real issue at hand

3

novel; (short) story

8

one's possessions; ownership

2

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

2

garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

2

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

5

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

8

sports-minded; sports-oriented

2

older brother; elder brother

2

shadow; tail; following

9

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

2

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

half-crazed; frantic

1

after; later

4

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

2

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

9

to happen to be present

1

how many months?; how long?

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

3

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

6

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

2

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

3

time one returns home

1

morning and evening

2

street; quarter; district; area

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

2

school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent

8