jpdb beta

excuse; explanation

1

pseudo-; quasi-

1

discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion

1

reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

woman

15

strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch

2

to be (doing)

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

1

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

1

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

1

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

4

many people; a large number of people

1

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

2

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

1

nurse; nanny; guardian

1

to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

1

to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy

2

strange; eccentric

1

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

1

main office; this office

9

belfry; bell tower

1

new road

1

ringing of a bell; bell ringer

1

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

1

tenement house; row house

1

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

1

background chatter on a film, TV show, etc.; walla; rhubard; extras; background actors

1

bitter

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying

1

way of asking; way of listening; listener

1

emergency

1

makeshift

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

1

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

refusal; rejection

2

straight line

2

texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food

1

to occur one after another; to happen in succession

1

evening; dusk; twilight

3

dimly white

1

water's edge; beach; foreshore

1

tidal flat; ebb tide beach (esp. in spring)

2

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1