jpdb beta

commitment; pledge; promise

2

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

5

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

16

a help; assistance

2

to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

1

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

4

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

7

shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

2

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

4

to devour; to bite to death

1

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

5

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

6

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

8

to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge

1

substitution; alternative; substitute

1

of no use; useless; not fit for purpose

2

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

1

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

1

to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

4

vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight

2

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

1

to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house

7

two-storied building

1

eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)

1

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

home economics room

8

music room

1

study camp; overnight field trip; travelling class; class held in a different room (music, science, etc.)

1

large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

occasionally; now and then; sometimes

1

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

1

gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

1

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

1

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

1

early morning

3

one month

7

eating habits; diet; dietary pattern

1

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

1

sugar

1

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

4

group (usu. of people)

3

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1