jpdb beta

sum

1

telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

roast chicken

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

candidate; applicant

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

1

private; personal

3

frontal attack

1

chance (of success); odds

1

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

1

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

tearful voice

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

6

in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose

1

boyfriend; he; him

4

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

to look old; to get old

1

stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

1

oil heater; oil stove

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

1

lately; recently; nowadays

4

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

suspicious; doubtful

1

depression; recession; slump

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased

2

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

1

one's husband; one's wife

1

old woman

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

2

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

2

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

1

shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

2

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

3

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

1

match (to light fire with)

4

fusuma; Japanese sliding screen

2

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

1

stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2