jpdb beta

rule; reign; government; governing

2

to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

1

evidence; proof; witness

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

to turn one's face away

5

negative emotions; negative feelings

2

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

1

to increase; to grow

23

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

step; pace; stride

3

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

5

scattered; separated; dispersed

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

5

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

guidance; guide

1

matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

9

the other day; a few days ago

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

2

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

4

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

imprisonment; captive

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

7

society; public; community; social studies

1

relation; connection

2

(how) many times; (how) often

2

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

7

street corner

1

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

2

suicide; apoptosis

1

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

3

smile

4

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

1

corner; nook; recess

3

center; centre; metropolis

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

to quicken one's pace (steps)

1

the masses; the lower classes; the common people

2

to live; to reside; to inhabit

8

outskirts (of a town); run-down district

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

4

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

(not so) much; (not) very

3

mixed; mingled

1

Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji); southern mountain

1

sake cup; wine cup

5

to lick all over; to run one's tongue over

1