jpdb beta

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

2

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

2

three-sided mirror

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

2

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

6

(a) glance; (a) look

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

1

stare; gaze; fixation

5

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

1

PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)

1

oolong tea

1

throat; singing voice

4

promotion; encouragement

2

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

ten years; decade

1

motivation

4

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

3

at the last moment; this late in the game

1

now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

to fold up; to fold into layers

1

breastplate; chest protector; bib

1

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet

1

to dye fast; to leave undyed

1

logo

1

Saturn (planet)

1

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

inner heart

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

to gleam; to shine

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

3

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

3

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

1

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

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

1

regret; repentance; remorse

3

to remake; to rebuild

2

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

2

the future; future prospects

1

saviour; savior; messiah

2

respect; esteem; regard

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

2

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

3