jpdb beta

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

8

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

10

to bring someone along

2

welcome; reception

2

relation; relationship

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

8

absence; non-attendance

5

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

1

to hate; to detest

1

heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow

1

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

1

present; gift; to give a present or gift

2

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

6

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

3

novel; (short) story

13

literature

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

2

indeed; really; truly; very much

5

to encourage; to cheer

1

novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman

1

mind and body

1

youth; young man

5

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

6

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

20

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

7

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

4

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

9

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

14

mainly; primarily

2

to take (be in) charge of

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

11

however; because; as

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

3

barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life

7

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

4

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

3

study; research; investigation

4

to be well-known

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

old man; old geezer

2

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

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