jpdb beta

biography; life story

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

nonfiction

1

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how); 5W1H

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

one's weak point

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

cake served with tea; teacake

1

keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop

1

next day

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

attendant; follower

1

first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

3

knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

since; henceforth

1

psychological; mental

1

submersion; inundation; being flooded

1

LOL; haha

1

stroke count

1

(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure

5

hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa

1

extension and structural alteration of building

1

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

1

to embrace

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

2

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

immediately following

1

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

4

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

1

firmly, stubbornly

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

1

Lake District (UK)

1

one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb

1

(process of) elimination

1