jpdb beta

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

to have the nerve to

1

easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely

1

had better do so

1

is not; am not; are not

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

generation

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

independence; self-reliance

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

senior high school; high school

2

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

6

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

1

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

2

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

1

pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place

2

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

4

middle of the night; dead of night

1

mother

1

one hour

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance

2

slow; late; too late

2

to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

1

battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)

1

smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

1

we; us

4

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

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

4

smiling face; smile

3