jpdb beta

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

5

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

6

pear blossoms

13

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

chōchin; yakitori skewer of chicken oviduct meat and immature egg yolks

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

34

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

to answer; to reply

3

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

5

riverbank; riverside

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

6

cause of death

3

neck (region)

2

pressure; oppression; suppression

2

by means of; due to; because of; according to

8

death by suffocation; death by choking

1

to strangle to death

1

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

20

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

7

pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

2

as soon as possible; ASAP

1

golf ball

2

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

9

type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

1

Ouch!

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

to have the nerve to

6

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

3

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner

1

careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

1

to drag in; to pull in

3

red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

to do so; to do thus

3

neighbourhood; neighborhood

2

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

4

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

2

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

6