jpdb beta

bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)

4

brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

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.)

2

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

3

to stare back at; to look back at

2

young person

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

1

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

3

thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing

3

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

2

drama; play; powerful drug

2

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

3

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

1

excuse; explanation

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

1

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

1

all around; as far as the eye can see

2

mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

1

loser; the defeated

1

later on; eventually; afterwards

1

expert

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

2

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

2

hospitalization; hospitalisation

1

state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances

4

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

intervening

2

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

1

to go to meet somebody

2

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

2

very much; very many; more and more

2

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

1

indirectly; obliquely

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

nurse

1

measurement round the hips

1

abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism

1

sense of security

1

hospital gown; patient gown

1

it is I who should say so

1

hula (dance)

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

2

first kiss

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

2

to dominate (usu. one's husband)

2

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

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