jpdb beta

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

1

heroine

3

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

3

fresh off the farm; inexperienced

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

4

omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

1

modelling; modeling

1

compared with

13

construction at top speed

3

sidelong glance; flirtatious glance

2

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

2

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

8

limit; restriction

5

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

open sesame

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

4

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

unlocking

1

hacking

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

4

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

1

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

8

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

gravesite; tomb

2

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

4

Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)

2

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

4

this sort of

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

3

success rate

3

natural enemy

1

(your) time

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

ten times

1

failure; mistake; blunder

7

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

sigh

1

week

3

trauma (usu. psychological)

3

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

2

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

2

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

elixir (of life)

1

peach (Prunus persica)

14

holiday; day off

1

give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose

1

staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter

1