jpdb beta

common; usual

2

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

1

annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

2

twins; twin

1

unless one ...; if one does not ...

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

1

to suck; to lick

1

to form a circle; to stand in a circle

2

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

2

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

3

too ashamed to meet

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

to have a rumor circulating

1

one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

to wait impatiently for

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

2

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

2

to date; as of now

2

nonchalantly; without a care

2

long talk

1

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

swearword; profanity

2

deceitful; cruel

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

1

sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan

2

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

11

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover

1

(a) step forward

2

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

déjà vu

1

even now; still; as yet

3