jpdb beta

how; in what way; how about; questionable

5

Japan

1

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

2

reason; cause; history; origin

1

appointment

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father

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first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

13

the wife; the missus

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

4

that is to say; so that means

2

much less; to say nothing of

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

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Hamamatsu (city)

6

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

5

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

2

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

1

to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

2

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

4

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

kaleidoscope

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

2

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

2

to request earnestly

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

body and soul; mind and body

1

sutra chanting

1

is not; am not; are not

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

5

determination; resolution

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

2

what to do

2

to this extent; to this degree; this much

2

to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond

3

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

4

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

4

frilly; fluttery

1

concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

1

flute

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1