jpdb beta

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

3

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned

2

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

mother; wife

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

5

to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

5

to subsist; to keep on living

1

bitterness; bitter taste

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

9

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

5

broken; intermittent; disconnected

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

14

melody; tune

10

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

5

to fiddle with; to monkey around with

2

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

2

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

12

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

9

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

2

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

2

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

2

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

14

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

10

Sonata in B minor (Liszt)

13

nostalgia for the good old days; taste for the past; retro tastes

1

progressive

1

idea

3

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

2

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

9

to shake one's head

16

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

8

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

3

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

6

to stiffen; to become stiff

4

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

1

moment; brief space of time

2

every time; each round

2

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

5

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

12

to return; to come back

3