jpdb beta

advice

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

3

alpha

10

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

6

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

2

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

hmm; I see; hrm

1

plant; vegetation

2

method of bringing up; method of raising

2

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball

1

so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

2

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

2

the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)

4

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

4

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

3

various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

4

language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

2

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

1

thank you

2

downer (dispiriting person or thing); killjoy; gloomy feeling; downer (drug; esp. a barbiturate); depressant

4

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

existence; being; presence

2

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

3

if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

2

brute; savage; fiend

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

2

spacious; vast; wide

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

7

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

4

Mikako

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

4

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

3

event

1

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

1

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor

1

thank you

1

Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)

2

ear; year

1