jpdb beta

elbow

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

3

then; if so; if

3

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

2

sofa; couch

1

to relax; to feel at home

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

to return; to come back

2

insurance; guarantee

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

1

bear; bare

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

each; every

2

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

3

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

3

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

rear garden; back yard

6

license; licence

1

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

notice; attention; observation

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

black (colour, color)

1

sigh

1

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

1

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

1

to die by drowning; to drown

1

(another's) daughter; young lady

1

unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

1

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

evidence; proof

1

I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

1