jpdb beta

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

3

(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account

1

again; once more; a second time

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

sleep

2

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable

1

to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off

1

rest period; intermission; break time; recess

1

bamboo work; bamboo ware

4

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

4

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)

1

to look disheartened

2

urgent business

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

3

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

4

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

5

older sister; elder sister

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

2

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

1

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

1

the more one looks (at it) the more ...

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

2

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

1

shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer; being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved

1

good-natured

2

shopping; purchased goods

3

the majority (of people); majority view; behaviour of the majority

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

3

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

directions; instructions; orders; command

1