jpdb beta

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

1

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

4

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

4

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

2

conviction; belief; confidence

3

victim; injured party; sufferer

2

older sister; elder sister

8

supplementary explanation

1

agency; intermediation

1

please

2

trivial; slight

2

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

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

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

5

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

4

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

5

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

5

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

one-year-old

1

sisters

6

last year

1

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

3

to care for someone; to look after someone

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

one year ago

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

7

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

1

letter; missive; note; mail

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

7

in the meanwhile; during the time

6

outside the house

1

dependence; reliance

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

5

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

3

people; men and women; each person; everybody

3

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

1

mother

2

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

2

reasonable; natural

1

don't you think?; indicates question

2