jpdb beta

from the beginning; from scratch

6

to temper thoroughly; to train well

2

in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...

2

anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety

1

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

3

apology; excuse

2

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

3

to yearn for; to pine for

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

bitter-tasting bug

1

to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

1

soft voice

2

to lean against; to recline on

1

to lean against each other; to rely on each other; to depend on each other; to scratch each other's backs

1

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

1

oath; vow

2

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

3

destination of a move

1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

1

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

2

short; brief

1

to sell over to

1

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

3

leaving (it) to others

1

to cast down one's eyes

1

basket; basketball; basket cloth

2

thinly shredded cabbage

1

bacon

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

1

speaker

1

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

6

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

3

end; break

2

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

6

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

shaking violently

2

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

1

to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

2

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

2

rewriting; rewrite; fair copy

1

to work hard; to work diligently

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

2

one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality

2

song; thong

3

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

1