jpdb beta

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

drama; play; powerful drug

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

3

just a minute; small quantity

2

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

2

pocket watch

2

to take out; to drag out

1

forty; 40

2

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

2

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

2

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

to close; to shut

1

unfortunately

2

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

4

incident; affair; happening; event

1

minutes (period of)

1

on countless occasions; many a time

1

only; merely; but; no more than

2

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

1

gray or silver haired (grey)

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

1

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

1

life span

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

cuff; armhole

1

to twine around

2

our country; our land; one's own country

2

to realize; to realise

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

1

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

2

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

1

to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

1

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

to dig up; to expose; to disclose

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

fighting spirit

1

loss; forfeit

1

to repeat; to do something over again

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

1