jpdb beta

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened

1

Bataan

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fallen tree

1

right behind; just behind; directly behind

1

to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up

2

strongly; violently; with all one's strength

1

scruff of the neck

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

2

participation; joining; entry

1

stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed

1

crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping

2

tiny; little; wee

1

basking in the sun; sunbathing

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

1

miscreant; scoundrel; villain

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

3

to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

to pieces; into shreds

1

counterattack

1

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

1

to beat back into shape; to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline; to straighten (someone) out

1

(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily

5

to temper thoroughly; to train well

3

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

good grief

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

because

1

process; course; mechanism

1

great majority

2

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

2

corner; nook

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1