jpdb beta

(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.

2

older brother; elder brother

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

2

oh; ah

4

nature; disposition

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

3

period of youth; while young

1

point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

1

for your information; I'm telling you

1

sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

the sun

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

5

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

one's long-cherished desire

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

golden (colour, color)

2

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

1

disk

3

meow; miaow

1

longevity; long life

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

3

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

3

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

main gate; main entrance

1

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

3

dawn; daybreak

2

plain; open field

1

building

1

sea; ocean; waters

3

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

2

maybe; could be; might

2

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive

6

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1

New York

1

part-time job; side job

6

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

3

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

stinging (pain); smarting; tingling

1

to join hands (with)

2

five o'clock

1