jpdb beta

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

1

to shake off

4

(one's) self; oneself

3

innermost depths of one's heart

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

2

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to cast a sharp glance

2

to drag in; to pull in

2

gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body

1

to sulk; to pout

2

to say (something) over one's shoulder

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

1

against the rules

1

point in time; occasion

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

to let one's guard down

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

1

confrontation; showdown

3

misunderstanding

1

to tell a lie; to fib

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1

inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic

1

iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner

1

jeans; denim; jean

1

hiding one's embarrassment

1

lost article; something forgotten

1

made of aluminum (aluminium)

2

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

3

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

off duty

1

going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

1

salary; wages; pay

1

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

11

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

1

small number; few; minority

1

one's home; one's house

1

air conditioner; cooler

1

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

1