jpdb beta

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

4

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

3

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

4

injury; harm; danger

1

opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

5

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

3

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

to sob

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)

2

roar; howl; yell; bellow

2

blood vessel; vein

2

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

2

and; although; but

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

6

lack of knowledge or understanding

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

1

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

2

to sob

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

2

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

1

to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

1

scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

4

feeble

1

to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

3

to pieces; into shreds

2

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

3

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

11

curse; spell; malediction

10

wave; ups and downs

3

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

2

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

remarkably; noticeably

1

to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold

1

square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

1

spread; span; expanse; extent

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

4

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

3

sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

1

skull; cranium

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

in all directions

1