jpdb beta

life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

5

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

because of; owing to; due to

4

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

founder of a religious sect

8

height (of a person); stature

8

fool; idiot; simpleton

5

to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)

2

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

3

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire

1

we; us

2

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

3

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

2

to glare at; to scowl at

5

to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

1

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

7

if you think about it; come to think of it

1

hint; clue

2

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

8

boy; man; male

12

senior high school student

2

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

2

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

5

violent emotion; passion; fury

1

to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge

1

collar; lapels

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone

2

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

3

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

2

to be cleared of a charge

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

2

reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

2

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

2

to clap

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

1

classmate

13

warm; mild; genial

1

clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)

1

generous; unstinting

1

to be overcome with emotion

1

the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes

2