jpdb beta

throughout Japan

1

funny story; funny anecdote

6

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

1

tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

sympathy; empathy; response

1

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

4

to cool down one's anger

2

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

1

barbecue; BBQ

2

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing

1

garbage bag

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

transfer student; student changing schools

1

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural

1

to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept

1

to go up the stairs

4

in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

2

triangle

1

on the line; borderline

1

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

1

(not) a single person; (no) one

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

2

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

1

nimble; smart; quick

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

4

emotional; sentimental

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

3

naked body; naked sword

1

breast; chest

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

1

extra; excess; surplus

1

excess flesh; surplus fat; flab

1

both legs

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

organ (of body, plant, etc.)

1

just before

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

2

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1