jpdb beta

date; dating

2

several minutes; a few minutes

2

helper; assistant; help

1

eleven o'clock

2

hard; tough; hardware; hard disk

1

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

1

cooking; food preparation

2

(a) few; some; several

4

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

empty stomach; hunger

1

instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles

3

curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry

2

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style

1

the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

ability; skill; facility

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

2

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

inside; interior

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

accidental death; casualty

2

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing

3

slipper; slippers

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

4

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

6

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

spring

2

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

late at night

2

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

again; once more; a second time

1

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

3

unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

1

go for it; heave; ugh

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

2

annoying; noisy; strict

1

again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again

1

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

right about-face

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

3

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

23

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1