jpdb beta

to gather; to collect; to assemble

10

excuse; pretext

1

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

2

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking

1

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

28

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

17

inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement

1

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

2

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

4

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

2

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

6

you; I; me; oneself

8

by force

1

because of; owing to; due to

3

unanticipated; unexpected

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

6

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

11

first half

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

10

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

15

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

2

how much; how many; to what extent

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

32

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

7

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

1

he; him; boyfriend

5

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

2

powerful; strong

3

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

2

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

3

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

7

question; query

2

excuse; explanation

6

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

2

mortal

2

to escape

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

1

know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

lucky; fortunate

4

perennial youth; eternal youth

1

old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged

2

mechanism

1

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

living thing; organism; creature; biology

1