jpdb beta

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

modesty; humility; being humble

2

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

2

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

1

to flutter down

1

leaf stalk; petiole

1

beast; brute; animal

2

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

3

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

2

comic strip with dramatic story

1

bookshelf; bookcase

1

punishment; penalty

7

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2

page

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

hotel

17

harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate

8

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

4

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

upper right

1

that well-known ...

1

stern; grave; solemn; sobersided

1

grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar

1

love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities

4

president; chairman

2

to add (e.g. a postscript)

2

to communicate; to commune

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

1

(cash) register; cashier

1

plop; plonk; plunk; flop

1

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

2

nimble; quick; agile

2

cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape

2

that's the way it is; such is life

2

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

2

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

waitress

2

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

2

to approach; to draw near

1