jpdb beta

to come to one's senses; to calm down

4

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

3

you; dear; honey

9

such; like that; that sort of; very

2

night view; night skyline; nightscape

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

2

rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

very dim light

6

to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip

1

probable; likely

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

to pass; to pass by

1

equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

2

phantom; vision; illusion

2

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

4

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

1

dinner; evening meal

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

2

to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

1

jokingly; in the form of a joke

1

indicates emphasis

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

2

another thing; exception; special case

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

2

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)

2

time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

3

level ground; plain; flatland

1

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

1

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

otherwise; or else; if not

1

check; restraint; oppression; suppression

1

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

4

head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

2

this world; this life; world of the living

3