jpdb beta

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

to dye; to colour; to color

1

woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

1

piddling; paltry

1

be; is

4

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

offender; criminal; culprit

3

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

3

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

statue; picture; picture revealing character

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

in this way; thus; such; uh...

1

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

2

rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

2

he; she; that guy

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

1

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

2

Tokyo

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

China; Chinese food

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

day and night

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

how many; how old

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

2

this year

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1