jpdb beta

to be (doing)

4

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

2

settlement; solution; resolution

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

4

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

we; us

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reluctant (to part)

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

2

to choose; to select

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

5

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

6

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

4

decision; determination; resolution

7

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

7

that day; the very same day

8

evening; evening hour

2

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

7

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

2

bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

1

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

2

to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

2

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

19

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

satisfactory; decent

2

yikes; oops; eep; wow

2

personal struggle

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

law; ban; prohibition; ordinance

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

fierce attack

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

2

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

4

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

3

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

15

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

3

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

to be silent; to say nothing

4

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

2

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

3

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1