jpdb beta

(one's) life

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

3

this time; now

9

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

7

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

to get wet

1

inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; inexperienced (in love); innocent; birth-

1

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

3

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

slow; late; too late

5

speed

1

to ponder; to brood

3

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

8

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

just how; how (dare you)

2

what to do

3

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)

7

that's the way it is; such is life

8

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

9

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

4

how-to (book); self-help book

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

how; in what way

1

darling

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

2

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

8

to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

2

first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least

7

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

2

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

1

shade of a tree; bower

1

at least; at most; (even) just

3

juristical; legal

1

approval; license; licence; permission

1

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

2

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

1