jpdb beta

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

2

grandchild

1

old couple; elderly couple

1

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

bang on the money; spot on; right answer

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading

1

to read between the lines

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

reading (books)

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

1

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

1

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

4

indicator; noticeboard

2

Chinese (language)

1

Korean (language)

1

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

1

foreign country

1

ago; since; before; previous

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

2

World Cup (e.g. soccer)

1

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

3

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

4

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

counter for languages

1

comparatively; relatively

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

rich person

1

compared with

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

(in) one's own way

1

logic; logical

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

1

guess; conjecture

2

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

1