jpdb beta

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

4

to become like a different person; to have a change in personality

2

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

1

that's so, however ...

4

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

3

constructive

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

9

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

4

to fling (away); to hurl

1

Olympic athlete

2

scarce; rare

2

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

3

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

3

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

4

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

2

blunder; (careless) mistake; error

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

5

to believe implicitly; to believe firmly

3

only; nothing but

2

real intention; true motive; true meaning

10

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

3

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

9

trace

13

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

1

great emperor; ... the Great

1

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

3

common; usual

3

feeble

5

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

5

to drop; to lose; to let fall

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

2

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

4

after lunch

1

languid; listless

3

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

3

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

2

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

3

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

2

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

3

chimes; toll of a bell

1

separate building; outbuilding; outhouse

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

2

ostentation; show; affectation

4

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

2

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

2

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

1