jpdb beta

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to get strong; to gain strength

7

and; although; but

4

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

17

fish sausage

1

evening meal

2

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

12

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

is something that; is that which

7

microwave oven

1

to warm; to heat

1

freezing; cold storage; refrigeration

1

deep-fried food (esp. chicken)

1

Chinese-style fried rice

1

shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)

1

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

1

salad

1

visit; call

1

ex-wife; former wife

2

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

3

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

20

sympathy; compassion; pity

8

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

9

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

6

correction; revision; amendment

3

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

9

one's habitual behaviour (behavior)

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

1

it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...

4

faltering; hesitation

3

thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days

2

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

2

to count on one's fingers

1

a number of days

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

32

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

3

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

7

late at night; small hours of the morning

1

proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation

1

all; everything

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

7

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

2

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

7

to ponder; to brood

3