jpdb beta

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

13

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

4

after; later

4

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

outcast; odd man out; pariah

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

5

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

3

brave

2

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

6

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

1

second; number two; runner-up

1

cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

1

about this time

6

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

8

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

1

by (means of); with

3

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

5

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

5

surely; certainly; without doubt

1

to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

2

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

2

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

3

shade of tree; bower

1

to no one in particular

2

you (plural)

2

to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

3

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

2

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

4

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1

to have the nerve to

2

to strike; to hit; to give hell to

1

lunch; midday meal

5

while doing over and over; repeatedly

2

restless; fidgety; fussy

1

hi; good day

1