jpdb beta

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly

5

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

5

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

9

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

16

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

2

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

9

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

24

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

8

to recall; to remember

2

the nasal cavity

6

to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell

3

bitter-tasting bug

2

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

21

(very) beginning; start

2

answering machine; answerphone

11

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

4

self; oneself

3

putting off; postponing

4

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

2

easy; simple; plain

1

most of all; extremely; supremely

4

good sense

1

mortar; plaster; stucco

2

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

5

old Japanese-style house

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

8

caller; visitor; company; guest

1

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

3

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

10

shovel

1

dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure

3

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

2

to look up

2

to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress

6

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

11

path; lane

7

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

11

passing by

2

pore (of the skin)

2

at work; in the midst of work; working

3

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

11

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

6

to be able to conceal

5

like; as if; the same as

5

irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)

3

existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling

2

extremely

4

two rooms

3

for use of customers or guests

4