jpdb beta

since the dawn of history

1

to repeat; to do over again

3

mankind; humanity

3

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

2

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

4

employer

1

before now; hitherto

1

win; victory

12

while there is life, there is hope; without life, there is nothing; don't waste your life

2

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

2

to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

1

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

4

dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence

1

to look forward to

1

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

1

to feel ashamed

1

the last moment; the very end

2

unreserved

1

exiting a room

1

that sort of; like that

1

nodding doll; bobblehead

1

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

1

a bit more; a bit longer

6

still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition

5

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

9

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

6

extremely delighted

3

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

4

deadly serious; deadly earnest

1

to bear; to endure

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

will to fight; fighting spirit; morale

5

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

2

altar

3

to face; to go towards; to head towards

20

to kneel (in respect); to genuflect

4

to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)

3

highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme

2

step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

3

who; what kind of person

4

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

slim; slender; slight; delicate

2

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

4

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

1