jpdb beta

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

feeling; sense; impression

21

(some) more; even more; longer; further

46

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

46

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

9

high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

1

name; given name; first name

1

confections; sweets; candy; cake

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

2

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

4

mistake; error; blunder

1

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

3

to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)

119

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

2

mere; only; just; slight

1

trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant

3

to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

12

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

2

to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

2

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

29

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

4

to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong

25

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

11

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

5

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

176

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

8

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

15

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

14

state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

6

lip; lips

29

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

5

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of

182

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

4

same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...

8

two persons; two people; pair; couple

68

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

3

younger sister

12

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

20

existence; being; presence

4

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

9

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

3