jpdb beta

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

22

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

2

three days and three nights

1

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

2

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

3

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

3

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

2

to laugh scornfully

1

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

3

impatience

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

6

to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

13

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

5

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

1

to glare at; to scowl at

2

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

2

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

3

Dragon King; promoted rook

12

throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank

1

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

5

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

8

you; people

2

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

6

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

4

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

3

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

27

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

8

ridiculous; absurd

1

antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times

2

company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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)

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

1

to expel; to drive out

3

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

12

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

for this very reason; that is exactly why

6