jpdb beta

slowly; sluggishly

1

arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength

9

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

4

chance; opportunity; occasion

3

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

2

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

4

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

2

clientele; customer stratum

1

best

1

to grow up; to become an adult

2

crybaby; blubberer

1

to grow old; to age

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

8

to support each other; to support one another

1

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

1

Penelope

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

4

detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)

4

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

2

parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

1

a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family

3

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

5

fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

1

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

2

to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she

7

to die; to pass away

5

relative; relation; kin

2

to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)

3

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx

1

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

1

placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous

2

to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away

1

lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great

7

adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

1

(sense of) presence

2

that sort of; like that

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper

1

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

1