jpdb beta

to distract

1

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

1

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

14

personal connections

2

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)

1

advice

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

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

2

to discuss; to talk together

3

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

2

(having) life-and-death power (over)

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

dawn

1

great haste; mad rush

1

schedule

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

1

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

2

arrival

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

2

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

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

1

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

1

self-justification; excuse

1

(words to) that effect

1

end; close; termination

1