jpdb beta

downtown

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

2

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

1

too much; excessively; too

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

2

despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

1

advice

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

restoration; repair; mending

2

settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

forest; shrine grove

2

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

around the world; throughout the world

3

deliberation

1

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

how; in what way; I wonder

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

to run about; to rush about

1

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

the exact opposite

1

to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

2

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

to look upward

1

week

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

with a start; with a jump

1

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

to twist; to distort

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

5

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

hair (on the head)

6

bringing; taking; carrying

1

to make a sound

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

1