jpdb beta

fierce fighting

10

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

8

to begin to

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

3

act of mercy; helping another person

1

relief; aid; rescue

8

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

3

to have an uneasy conscience

2

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

7

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

21

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

5

location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

12

very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

5

red hair

5

short hair

4

Tsuyoshi

30

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

11

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

26

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

4

supplementary classes or lectures

2

to catch a cold

2

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

2

to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through

14

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

4

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

14

vague recollection; faint memory

2

looking like a ...; acting as if a ...

5

while passing each other

3

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

6

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

23

reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability

1

as if nothing had happened

2

samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

1

intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by

1

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

6

respect

3

reason; cause; history; origin

1

to get a late start

2

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

4

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

3

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

6

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

6

sub; substitute; reserve; sub-

2

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

close; intimate; on good terms

9

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing

2