jpdb beta

dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover

2

store name; shop name; restaurant name

1

printing

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

3

here and there; in places

1

schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram

1

playing (instrument); playing method; touch

2

orchestration

2

to buy up

1

technical book; specialized book; treatise

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

2

to take a breath; to take a short rest

5

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

3

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

uneasy

2

the following week; the next week

2

the end (of); powder

1

entrance

4

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

6

(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming

1

orange (fruit, colour)

2

sunglasses

3

to lose heart; to lose motivation

1

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

3

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

10

loitering; hanging around; wandering around

1

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

2

putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)

1

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

4

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

1

space; room; airspace

2

portable; mobile use

2

recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute

9

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

2

half

7

multiple; multiplex

4

to compose; to put together

3

opening a door

1

button (clothing); push-button

5

nape of the neck

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

5

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

5

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

4