jpdb beta

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

5

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

father

4

to die

1

chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

1

Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill

1

to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

relative; relation; kin

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

to return; to come back

2

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

bottom of one's heart

4

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

malicious; deliberately mean

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

only son

1

mother

3

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

2

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

6

is that so?

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

4

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

6

like that; that way

1

all night long; all through the night

1

attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

feeling; sense; impression

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

1

hundreds

1

funeral

2

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

2

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

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

3

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1