jpdb beta

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

huh?; what's up?

8

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

13

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

8

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

47

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

6

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

6

several tens

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

14

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

school

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

2

the same generation; coeval

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

3

for the first time in one's life

2

was

1

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

8

sweet and sour; bittersweet

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

1

exaltation; emotional uplift

2

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

9

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

however

10

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

5

senior high school student

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

4

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

4

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

4

to change one's clothes

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

please (give me); please (do for me)

2

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

4

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

2

bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers

6

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

7

to look forward to something

1

to feel; to sense; to experience

7