jpdb beta

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

5

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

5

being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work

1

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

5

deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)

11

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

18

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

4

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

6

tomorrow; near future

4

training; drill; practice; discipline

15

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

1

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

1

point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

1

both (people); the two of them

2

(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

9

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

4

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

mother; wife

10

to do

4

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

6

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

6

good grief

1

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

2

injured soldier

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

3

psychic trauma; psychological trauma

2

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

1

for a long time

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

1

in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

10

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...

15

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by

1

with a bang

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

to become better; to improve

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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with a bang

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

8

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

3

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

14

derailment; digression; deviation

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