jpdb beta

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

afternoon; p.m.

2

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

1

auntie; older woman

7

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

how many; how old

3

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

1

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

2

(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)

1

marathon; long-distance race

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

to hate each other; to hate mutually

2

inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)

1

several tens

1

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

1

to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)

1

oh my god; how; what the; incredible

2

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

to hate each other; to hate mutually

1

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

convenient

3

self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

first thing in the morning

1

to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged

1

I have nothing to do with it

2

pain; ache; -algia

2

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

(not) very; (not) much

1

things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

2

fool; idiot

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

2

punishment; penalty

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

4

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

3

to this extent

1

hotel

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