jpdb beta

chance; opportunity

4

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

4

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

exchange; conversion

1

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

2

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily

1

low voice; whisper

2

loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

1

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

1

compared to

4

to drop one's shoulders

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

hundreds

1

to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful

1

number of years

1

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

2

small talk; chat; gossip

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

3

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

3

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

great success; huge success

1

event; phenomenon; matter

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

5

preface; introduction; preamble

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

1

possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)

1

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

2

(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease

1

karōshi; death from overwork

1

living together (of two people)

2

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

1

grandpa; granddad

2

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

3

episode; anecdote; vignette; episode

1

antiquity; the previous era

5

one parent; single parent

1

myself

1

best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

3

to make an appearance

2

police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody

1

to get a phone call

1

taxi

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1