jpdb beta

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

10

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

1

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

1

to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

intelligent

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

home area; home town; local

6

potter

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

8

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

6

bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

3

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

7

marriage; wedding

1

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

1

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

4

tuition fee; course fee

1

(another person's) niece

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

2

don't worry about it; forget about it

3

that; the matter in question

7

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

2

it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

1

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

very; extremely; that is

5

ugly woman

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

3

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full

1

dimple

1

roguish; impish

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

9

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

1

life; living; I; me; student

2

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

9

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

end; edge; tip

2

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

3

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1