jpdb beta

if so; in that case; in that situation

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

1

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

5

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

to swim

3

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition

1

don't you think?; indicates question

1

intervention

1

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

3

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

two minutes

1

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

2

drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

limit; bounds

1

talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

1

to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

1

maybe; could be; might

2

literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

2

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

2

freedom; liberty

3

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

1

choosing; selecting; deciding (on)

1

to show; to display

6

incessant working; working non-stop

2

practice; training

1

don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

1

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

3

nursing (a patient)

2

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

1

subtracting points; points deducted

1

from now on; hereafter

3

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

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

1

trial; test

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

2

aquarium

5

no, not like that (but like this)

1

one week

3

world; society; people; the public

2

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)

2

empty; vacant; hollow

1