jpdb beta

instrumentalist; player

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

2

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

newcomer; initiate; rookie

6

call; appeal

1

rear; back; behind

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

1

every day; daily

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

4

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

2

several minutes; a few minutes

1

to start forgetting

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

failure; mistake; blunder

1

Upham

27

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

3

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

9

presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

1

in those days

1

memory; sense; experience

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

2

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

4

clown

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top

5

timid; faint of heart

1

easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

1

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

that; the matter in question

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

trivial; trifling

1

captivity; imprisonment

1

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

2

sense of relief; feeling of relief

1

mirage

1

moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

3

fork; forkball

9

to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

to spring at; to leap upon

1

to grapple; to wrestle

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

3