jpdb beta

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

5

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

2

duty; role; function

8

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

5

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)

2

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

7

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

1

season; time of year

1

appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

7

we

2

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

3

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

3

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

8

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

23

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

27

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

10

choices; alternatives; options

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

1

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

6

choice; selection; option

8

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

2

telling a riddle

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

2

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

16

beginning; outset; first; onset

12

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

7

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

7

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

30

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

6

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

16

to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

3

faltering; hesitation

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

4

irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating

3

mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

8

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

feeling; mood

6

lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

1