jpdb beta

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

kindergartener; preschooler

1

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

14

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

3

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

22

anti-; hater

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

5

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

4

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

2

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

19

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

5

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

11

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

12

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

4

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

2

to change (one's clothes)

5

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

7

absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

9

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

3

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

8

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

2

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

3

mental; spiritual; emotional

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

1

as planned; according to plan

1

that is to say; so that means

1

letter; note; letter (alphabetic); character

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

8

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

8

ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is

10

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

2

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

9

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

2

humble; modest

1

very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

1

being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

23

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

6

nose

2

tonkatsu sauce (usu. Worcester-based)

1