jpdb beta

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

1

to escape; to run away

13

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

to defeat

1

mixed; mingled

1

anecdote

1

to fall down; to fall over; to roll; to tumble; (arch.) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

1

to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up

1

sandal

1

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

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

1

to put on (clothing, esp. new)

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

3

to shed tears

1

pure; purity

1

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1

right about-face

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

2

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

4

police officer; policeman; constable

7

fire brigade; fire company

1

member

1

children

2

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

2

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

1

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds

1

closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road

1

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

1

front row

1

driver's seat (in a car)

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

mannequin

1

it seems that; as if

1

footpath; walkway; sidewalk

2

to run a shop; to have a shop

1

crowd of people

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

3

regular customer

1

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

1

long visit; overstaying

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

2