jpdb beta

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

1

front; frontage; facade; main

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

three; three years of age

5

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

blood pressure

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

2

unofficial report; confidential report

2

to bear; to endure

1

the preceding visitor

1

abandoned railway line; closed railway line; discontinued line

5

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

rust

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times

1

Tom; Thom; Tomu

2

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

1

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)

4

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

5

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

2

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

totteringly; trudgingly

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

1

to be enraged; to flip out

1

debt collection; debt collector

1

puberty; adolescence

1

rebellious phase; rebellious age

1

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

1

high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

1

confession

2

missing person

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

2

report of death; notification of a death

2

if so; in that case; in that situation

3

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period

1

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

1

insurance payout; insurance money

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