jpdb beta

entreaty; supplication; petition

1

departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

1

ticket

1

commuter pass; season ticket

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

(very) patient; persevering

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

1

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

2

quicksand

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

Japanese economy

1

influential newspaper; leading newspaper

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

2

to be photographed; to be projected

1

commuter; season-ticket passenger

3

to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon

1

canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

like this; this sort; this way

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

6

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

background

1

reference; allusion

1

commuting to work

3

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

2

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

commuting time

1

crowded train

1

iPod

2

Haydn

1

Spanish (language)

1

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

1

mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part

1

should do; ought to do

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

effectiveness

1

thinker

1

sociologist

1