jpdb beta

endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)

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as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

5

scenery; scene; landscape

2

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

2

school building; schoolhouse

2

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

7

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

11

comparatively; relatively

3

a few hours

2

cramped

1

how many hours?

1

to (do) like this

2

departure

2

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

4

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

6

smoky; awkward; ill at ease

1

youngest child

1

heir; inheritor; successor

4

completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success

1

for one's age

1

taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness

3

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

in those days

3

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

4

imagination; supposition; guess

3

waste of time; killing time

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

3

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

2

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

2

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

6

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

5

with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

6

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

1

troublesome; annoying; complicated

3

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

4

probe each other; sound each other out

1

older brother

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to grow up; to become an adult

3

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

6

to choke; to have trouble breathing

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