jpdb beta

consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

3

had better do so

1

mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

2

to understand each other

1

distant place; faraway location; far away

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

5

mother

5

meeting again; reunion

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

(one's parents') home

5

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

2

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

5

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

12

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

9

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

2

memory; sense; experience

2

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

7

thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

5

regret; repentance; remorse

2

to do

4

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

5

maybe; could be; might

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

2

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

2

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2

bad habit; bad habits

1

to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)

1

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

2

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

2

to blush; to redden

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

3

pointing out; identification

2

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

4

second (in a series)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

4

if; in case; supposing

4

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

2

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

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