jpdb beta

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

1

(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)

2

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

taking measurements

6

designer

3

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

1

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

2

to gasp in surprise

1

anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation

1

to be completely still

2

charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

although

1

ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger

2

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

4

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

1

harmonious (couple, family, etc.); happy; affectionate; friendly; intimate

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

1

older brother and younger sister

1

tiny bit

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

4

to answer the phone

3

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

Japan

1

hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

1

advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)

1

proper; right; reasonable

1

return to one's country; return to one's hometown

5

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

2

heartening; reassuring

1

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

1

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

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

1

loyalty; faithfulness

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

ticket

1

to move out (of); to leave; to vacate

1

regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

oh!; oh?; my!

2

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1