jpdb beta

worry; anxiety; concern

1

to remain; to be left

27

discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

1

admiration; being impressed (by)

2

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

4

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

3

to sit up

4

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

11

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

8

to lie down (and rest)

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

21

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

4

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

4

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

2

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

2

to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)

4

rustling of clothes

2

waist band; girdle; sash

1

to retighten

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

7

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

3

bean-jam cake

2

bedding; bedclothes

3

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

24

bundle; bunch; sheaf

5

to throw at; to turn; to raise

6

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

5

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

3

the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

3

afternoon; p.m.

2

ten o'clock

2

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

30

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

7

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

20

noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly

2

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

3

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

3

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

15

one house

1

bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

4

corner; nook; recess

3

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

14

small; little; tiny

31

chair; stool; post; office; position

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

5

alcohol; sake

24

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

3