jpdb beta

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

worst case

1

quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

2

twins

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

3

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

2

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

2

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

1

hot-water bottle

1

being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains

2

personal relations

1

to tighten; to press hard

4

vending machine

2

vending machine

3

threefold; folded in three

1

content of a letter

4

I appreciate your efforts

1

nervous

1

sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

1

in the ward or borough

3

value; worth; virtue; blessing

2

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment

1

decree; directive

1

bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)

1

free translation; liberal translation

1

to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink

2

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

1

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

to feel hot; to flush; to burn

6

to keep (a person) waiting

1

slight; thin; on the weak side

1

several times; several degrees

3

to read (a book, etc.) over again

2

spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

2

indirection; indirectness

1

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

1

drinking in turn from one vessel (cup, glass, etc.)

3

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

2

indirect

1

half-eaten

2

friend

2