jpdb beta

to write a novel

3

novel; (short) story

3

number of copies printed

1

cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

2

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

New Year

1

concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

writing (e.g. as a profession)

2

by the end of the year

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

this month

1

next month

1

to show signs of; to appear

1

whiteboard

1

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1

correlation diagram; correlation chart

1

to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

1

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

1

darkness; the dark

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

2

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

karaoke

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

lost article; something forgotten

6

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

2

sigh

1

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

6

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

smartphone; smart phone

5

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

contradiction; inconsistency

1

to smoke a cigarette

2

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

1

electronic cigarette; e-cigarette

4

barrage of questions

1

single mother

1

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

1