jpdb beta

note; memorandum

2

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

to feel depressed

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

1

proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

1

birthmark; nevus; bruise

1

wrist

1

rope; cord; policeman's rope

1

abusive language; violent language; wild words

1

uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)

1

generally

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

to water (a plant, a flower etc.)

1

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

1

crops; agricultural produce

1

untouched; unused; intact

1

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

1

home; family; household

1

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

1

dwelling; house; residence; living; life

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

1

to be hungry

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency

1

worthless; pointless; useless

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

1

untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown

1

on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

one week

1

about when; about what time; how soon

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

uninhabited island; desert island

1

midway; halfway through; in the course of

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

body (of a biwa)

1

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

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