jpdb beta

club activities; extracurricular activities

1

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

3

brass band

1

musical performance

1

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

one week

5

say; well; um; er

2

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

3

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

mathematics; arithmetic

3

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

1

pen

4

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

2

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

annoying; noisy; strict

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

3

kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up

2

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

14

slap in the face; slap on the cheek

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

3

joke

1

running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood

2

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

2

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

1

dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

2

interference; meddling; butting in

2

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

blunder; bungle; gaffe

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

3

meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

4

limit; bound

7

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

3

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

15

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

2

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

2

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in

1

(in) one's own way

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

4

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

7