jpdb beta

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

1

friend; companion

3

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

2

home area; home town; local

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

to throw into

1

how many; how old

3

younger; junior

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

2

history of a company

1

four years

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

twenty-five

1

university graduate; having graduated from university

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)

1

approximately the same

1

career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee

1

being startled

3

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

2

the same age

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

3

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

3

too; also; still; as before; even so; either way

1

audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

3

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

2

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

2

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

1

comic books; comics; comic; comical

1

new book; new publication

1

spell; charm; incantation; magic word

1

main street

4

fate; destiny; lot

1

goddess; female deity

1

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

1

nature; character

1

good luck; fortune

1

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1