jpdb beta

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

3

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing

1

faraway; far-off

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

very young; little; childish; immature

1

similar to; like

2

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

2

determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will

1

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

widow

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

3

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

3

regular customer

2

upright; fair; honest

1

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

1

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

1

jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

1

party; social event; get-together; compa (Haitian dance music); konpa; kompa

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

2

classmate

1

club activities; group activities

1

part-time job; side job

1

tuition; school expenses

3

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

2

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

2

awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns

1

peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

fool

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to bud; to sprout

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

2

to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)

1

go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee

2

disposition; temperament; temper; nature

2

ninety; 90

3

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

1

(raw) material

1