jpdb beta

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

4

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

1

light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

1

wish; desire; ambition

3

younger brother

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

8

older sister and younger brother

1

doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation

1

triumphant look

2

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

2

knowledge; information

2

to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

1

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

2

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

1

sympathy

1

man

1

woman

2

both; both sides; both parties

7

retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

2

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

8

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

9

breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

8

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

6

there is nothing

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

10

every time; each round

4

stairs; stairway; staircase

11

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

5

template; run of the mill; formulaic

3

rationalization; justification

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

1

erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

2

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

3

to speak ill of; to disparage

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

5

hey; say; look

8

(social) position; status

3

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

6

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

3

flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

1