jpdb beta

ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying

1

in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose

1

stone implement (e.g. stone age arrowheads); stone tool

1

fanatic

1

religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist

1

younger; junior

3

wire

1

offensive; aggressive

1

reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect

1

rising; up-and-coming

2

unique; peculiar; singular

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

4

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

quarrelsome; easy to anger

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

2

both (people); the two of them

3

race (of people); type of person

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

2

career soldier

1

as a child; when one was a child

2

typhoid; paratyphoid; typhus

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)

1

Tokyo Olympics

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

6

to take care of

2

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

1

to love

11

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

standard of value

1

lack; absence; omission

1

to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate

1

chance meeting

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

9

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

5

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

3

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

3

facing west

1

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon

2

smooth sailing

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

4

custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

1

to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit

2

to get deeper in debt; to pile up debts

1

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

6