jpdb beta

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

11

voyeur; Peeping Tom

3

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby

3

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

6

long-term

3

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

2

return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering

1

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

counter for months

20

since then; after that

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

11

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

nostalgia; homesickness

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

10

bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient

2

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

5

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

residential area

4

to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

4

to exchange greetings

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

2

feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

2

to sew on

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

4

humid; sultry

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

reply; answer; response

1

warm; mild; genial

4

to stay (at); to stop (at)

2

funeral home

2

one room

5

mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

2

inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic

1

coffin; casket

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

2

cause of death

3

chronic

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

4

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

2

to bear; to endure

17

to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying

2

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

7

doctor

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

8

foolish; stupid

2

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1