jpdb beta

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

to make; to manufacture

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

11

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

shooting game

9

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

8

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot

2

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

3

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

1

staying up all night

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

at any rate; anyhow

4

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

programming; programing

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

to estimate

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced

1

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

4

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

4

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

5

target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)

3

weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer

1

game

50

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

6

ridiculous; odd

3

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

11

surely; certainly

15

such ... as; or some such

8

stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter

1

manufacture; production

1

know-how

1

cost; expense

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

4

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming

1

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

convenient

1

big problem

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

3

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

11

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

1

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

1

to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

1