jpdb beta

being startled

1

grim face; angry look

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

3

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

2

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

5

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

private office; private practice

1

degree of familiarity; popularity

1

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

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1

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

3

to stiffen; to become stiff

3

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

5

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

2

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

2

ardent; passionate; vehement

1

next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other

1

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

2

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

Tokyo

2

evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun

1

Shinjuku Station

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

2

ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)

2

this area; around here

1

history

1

solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

development; exploitation

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

pile; accumulation

1

train window; car window

2

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

2

conclusion

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

4

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

10

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

not understanding; not knowing

1