jpdb beta

empty stomach; hunger

2

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

1

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

2

door; gate; opening; title page

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

pasta

4

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

4

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

2

stare; gaze; fixation

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

to poke; to push

2

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

younger sister

1

deeply

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

3

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

2

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

3

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

is that so?

2

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

2

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

1

irregular

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

5

to push aside; to push one's way through

2

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye

1

messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy

3

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

7

time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

1

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

2

visitor; caller

1

(words to) that effect

1

lovely; sweet

2

to be transparent; to show through

1

gently; airily; fluffily

2