jpdb beta

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

1

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

3

(Western) soup

2

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

2

to make tea

2

three people

5

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

4

green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea

1

to look around; to survey

8

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

3

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

3

to have a talk; to tell a story

5

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

4

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

4

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

3

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

gesture; charades (game)

2

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

3

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

3

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

2

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

4

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

to twitch

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

8

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

4

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology

1

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

2

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

2

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

endless; boundless; everlasting

1