jpdb beta

know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack

1

level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level

3

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

1

detective agency; enquiry agency

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

3

having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

1

to contract a disease; to get sick; to become ill

1

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

5

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

1

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

to pry (open); to prise; to wrench

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

2

four years

1

to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might

1

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

3

first love; puppy love

7

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

2

to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export

1

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

3

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

3

guarantee; security; assurance; warranty

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

to be the case that

2

since; henceforth; ever since

2

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

3

deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

2

child

1

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group; rich person

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

2

Ministry of Finance

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

4

to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate

2

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

8

former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

2

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

order; directive; instructions; command

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2