jpdb beta

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

3

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

indicates question

4

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

1

amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

1

sense; infer

1

I; me

34

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

2

disgrace; humiliation

1

unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

2

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

6

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

1

if it's the case

5

society; the world; the times

1

unmarried person

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

8

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

to get angry

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

4

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

7

to win; to gain victory

1

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

1

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

3

arrival

3

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

2

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

9

to explain the situation

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

6

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

3

worries; cares; troubles

1

cooperation; collaboration

7

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

2

to be silent; to say nothing

7

please

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

9

being a good listener; good listener

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

it may be because

3