jpdb beta

older sister; elder sister

4

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

2

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

Luther

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

12

to look forward to something

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

6

for today; for the time being

1

older sister; lass; young lady

1

dispersing; breaking up; running away

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

8

sulky look; sullen look

1

in low spirits; dejected; sad

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

3

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

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

1

elder sister; older female friend

3

to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

1

bombshell announcement (statement)

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

2

brute; savage; fiend

3

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

5

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place

1

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

2

empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

3

to burst into laughter

1

further; above; anymore

3

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

4

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

late at night

2

underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie

4

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

controller

1

cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor

1

to make a sound

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

8

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

erotic video game

1

talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1