jpdb beta

another thing; exception; special case

1

direct

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

disregarding; ignoring

2

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

coffee

2

green tea; Japanese tea

1

to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)

1

instant

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

2

three years

3

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

2

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

selflessness; unselfishness

1

tasteless and odorless; bland

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

5

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

classmate

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

to obtain; to procure

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

1

limit; bounds

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

2

time and effort; trouble

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

protection against cold

1

death from cold; freezing to death

1

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

1

that sort of; like that

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

to be a matter of life or death

1