jpdb beta

refusal; rejection

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

2

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1

right beside; close to; nearby

6

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

2

piece of cloth

2

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

8

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

grotesque

2

yikes; oops; eep; wow

5

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

2

sounds

2

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

5

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

1

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

1

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

1

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

4

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

2

though; notwithstanding; although

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

6

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

to escape

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

3

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

1

temperature; body temperature (human, animal)

4

to come back

1

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

4

psychosomatic medicine

1

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

3

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

4

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)

1

ago; since; before; previous

3

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

to be able to conceal

1

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

only; sole; unique

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

3

severe; hard

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

6

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

2