jpdb beta

barbecue; BBQ

1

since; henceforth

1

to lift (remove) a ban

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

3

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

2

compromise; giving in

1

excursion; field trip; school trip

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

2

while; even though; despite

13

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

1

a few words

1

straying; wandering off course

1

hesitation; indecision

2

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

1

tremendous; immense

2

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

2

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

6

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

2

serious; not joking; straight

2

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

1

mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

4

always; all the time; never; usual; regular

2

having good eyesight

2

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

7

you (plural)

1

junior high school student; middle school pupil

4

distrust of (other) human beings

1

brink; critical moment

1

distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness

1

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

3

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

wave; ups and downs

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

2

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

1

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

5

taboo

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

3

festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3

1

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

1

ghost story

2

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

mild

1