jpdb beta

in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)

1

wariness

1

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

1

one's home country; one's homeland

1

roaming; drifting about; wandering

1

to leave something as it is

1

matter of life or death; life-and-death problem

1

they; them

3

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

3

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

listener's role

1

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

to translate; to interpret

1

controversialist

1

chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous

2

to heat; to heat up

1

incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

discussion; argument; debate

1

cost price

1

political measures; policy

1

national traits or character; nationality

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

1

monthly tuition fee

1

tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

1

right lobe

1

all; everything

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

moonlight; moonbeam

1

pale; pallid

2

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

to put a damper on proceedings (at a meeting, party, etc.)

1

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly

1

as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich

2

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

1

eleven o'clock

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

to head home; to leave for home

1