jpdb beta

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

(only) one option; one possible choice

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

3

to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

1

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

4

now; nowadays

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

classical literature

2

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

2

helical; spiral-shaped

2

fin-de-siècle; decadent

1

escalation

1

to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward

1

nape of the neck

1

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

4

to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

1

collarbone; clavicle

1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

1

to gleam; to shine

1

molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling

1

rough sketch

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

7

level

1

tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage

4

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

1

omega

4

gamma

4

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

2

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

rope artist (in sexual bondage)

2

Sea of Japan

1

loud laughter; roaring with laughter

1

to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)

1

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

1

(with a) start; fright; alarm

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

4

nostalgia; homesickness

2

process; course; mechanism

2

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

2

expression; phraseology

1

to be constricted

2

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

3

instinctive; instinctual

3