jpdb beta

carefree; free from worry

2

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

empty box

1

hair on the back of one's head

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

2

arm; skill; efforts; ability

4

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

1

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

4

sociable

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

5

hence; for that reason

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

4

to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle

1

uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain

1

labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

3

evening; dusk

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

2

light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

3

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

7

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

2

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

6

(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission

6

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

3

library (usu. single-room); small library

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

2

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

5

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

to complain; to make a complaint

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

4

hardworking; studious

1

to look into; to peer in

3

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

3

at least; at most; (even) just

1

to hide; to conceal

9

protest; objection

1

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

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

2

thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

1

calm; composed; cool; quiet

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4