jpdb beta

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

motive; incentive; motif

3

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

5

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

2

if; in case; supposing

4

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

2

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

2

irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent

1

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

4

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

3

to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

1

plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

1

as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree

2

forcibly; by force; against one's will

1

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

1

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

2

anxiety; worry; fear

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

3

constructive

1

soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

4

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

4

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

2

back; behind; rear

4

remote control

1

to look forward to

1

that day; the very same day

2

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)

2

death; dying; mortality

1

next morning

1

newspaper

1

rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

unluckily

1

to lose one's life

1

to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite

1

Sunday

1

eight o'clock

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

4

just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

2

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

2

coercive; overbearing

2

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

1

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

2

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

2

maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady

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