jpdb beta

second half; latter half

4

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

22

lying face down; upside down; prone

1

silent; mute; dumb

7

coming home from school

2

rarely; seldom

1

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

53

to turn right; to turn to the right

4

evening; dusk

10

prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

1

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

3

to be conspicuous; to stand out

9

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

4

light; easy; non-serious; minor

2

to be charged with a mission

1

agent

3

duty; function; office; mission; task

12

accomplishment; execution

2

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

47

reaching; attaining; arrival

4

expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores

1

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

2

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

26

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

11

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

26

as usual; as is one's habit

1

as always; as usual

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

5

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

14

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

8

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

1

chocolate bar; bar of chocolate

5

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

19

to join hands (with)

33

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

27

yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)

3

a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow

1

holiday; day off

9

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

12

snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko

2

to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on

2

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

2

everyone; anyone; no one

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

55

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

2

scale; vernier

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

5

mankind; humanity

2