jpdb beta

with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks

3

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

4

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

inconvenient

1

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

1

hmm; I see; hrm

4

Oh no; Oh dear

1

company president; manager; director

2

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

2

sorry; excuse me; thank you

1

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

1

to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided

1

suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

5

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

6

main gate; main entrance

1

vegetable garden

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

2

to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old

1

fallen tree

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

2

(period of) one year

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

2

to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

4

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

2

(on one's) mind; heed

1

(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely

3

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

to have an interest (in)

3

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

1

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

1

ruin; destruction; fall

7

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

2

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

at this stage; at this point; (only) now

2

to lure; to invite out

1

attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

3

laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

1

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

1