jpdb beta

strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

1

to look sour (disgusted)

1

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

8

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl

1

how dare ...; how could ...

1

seawater; saltwater

9

state of mind; (one's) mental state

1

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

2

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

3

demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed

4

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

2

fear; terror

1

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

on board a ship; aboard a ship

3

to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone

1

isomorphism; same shape; same type; same pattern

7

drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

2

frequent; incessant

6

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

4

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour

3

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

6

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

surrounding at a distance

3

20 years old

2

at a glance; by accident

3

sailor

7

sail

19

to temper; to harden; to torture; to discipline

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

2

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

5

to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate

1

celebrity; personage

1

employment examination

1

to hunt for a job; to seek employment

1

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

1

resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

3

rain cloud

1

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

10

lead colour; lead color

2

between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves

4

chance meeting

1

destroyer

1

sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship

6

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

1