jpdb beta

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

reference; allusion

1

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

4

to cover up; to conceal

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

frail; slender; feminine

2

I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

2

to sit down

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

1

home; family; household

5

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

Japan

1

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

2

not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

it seems that; as if

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

monetary; financial; pecuniary

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

rarely; seldom

1

accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

1

memory; sense; experience

2

foster parents

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

housekeeper

1

lover; mistress

3

to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak

1

to get to work

1

money

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

4

to behave well (of a child)

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season

1

before long; even now

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

4

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

1