jpdb beta

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

as (for); for; in the capacity of

1

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

2

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

13

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

chair; stool; post; office; position

9

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

elegance; taste; refinement

1

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

5

to catch a cold

1

to smile pleasantly

2

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

1

retreat; retirement; depression (hole)

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

4

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

two; 2

3

time; hour; period; class

13

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

8

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

15

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

6

four

4

third time lucky; third time's the charm

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

7

despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time

1

ground; earth's surface

25

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

1

to paint (draw) a picture

2

to kill time

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

5

to kneel

1

mistake; error; blunder

42

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

being about to cry; the verge of tears

2

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

2

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

3

by means of; due to; because of; according to

6

(death by) hanging

2

large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

1

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

3

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

4

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

8

question; query

6

painting; picture

1

planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

2

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

2