jpdb beta

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

1

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

2

purse; handbag; wallet

2

(not) in any way; in no way

1

dinner; evening meal

2

faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit

1

third floor

2

foreboding

1

insurance payout; insurance money

1

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

3

aunt; old lady; ma'am

4

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

14

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

grandparents

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

dying young; early death

1

retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

to run down (stairs, etc.)

1

front entrance; front door

1

security guard; doorkeeper

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

2

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

quadrilateral; square

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

1

to be on the lookout; to lie in wait

3

sociable

1

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

3

monthly publication; monthly issue

2

utopia

2

journal; magazine; periodical

2

reporter; journalist

4

upper reaches of a river; upstream

35

Kumiko

9

family restaurant

4

magazine journalist

1

to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)

1

indescribable

1

seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

2

guidance; protective custody

1

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

4

lacking a plan; haphazard

2

taxi

3

to lend (e.g. money)

1

cooperative; helpful

1