jpdb beta

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

4

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

8

secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

4

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to answer; to reply

1

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

6

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

4

to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

1

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

3

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

3

else; in addition; besides

1

friend; companion

3

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

3

introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

3

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

4

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

2

than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above

1

to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

like this; in this way; as you see

1

Shiori

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scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)

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Maruyama

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Scorpio (constellation); the Scorpion

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

2

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

10

I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go

1

not understanding; not knowing

1

welcome home

4

Eiko

4

A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

6

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

2

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

2

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement

1

occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

1