jpdb beta

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

4

jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly

2

to subsist; to keep on living

6

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

2

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

2

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

2

to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

1

nature; disposition

1

power plant; power station

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

4

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

flare

1

square (shape); square (open space); formal; methodical; square (tool)

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

white background; blank; female virgin

1

bare feet

1

cow hide tanned using tannin

2

short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

1

store; shop

6

coagulation; freezing; solidification

1

gelato; Italian-style ice cream

1

fair; fare; fear

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

3

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

7

classmate

4

woman; girl

4

single standard; single base; single-feature show

5

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

4

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

6

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

1

absorption; suction; attraction

1

imitation; copying

1

parfait

1

cake

3

beyond that point; after that

3

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1

predecessor; people of former times

1

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

3

puberty; adolescence

2

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

5

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

4

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

cache; place to hide something

1

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

2

to lower; to be lowered

2

being lost for words

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2