jpdb beta

decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits

2

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go

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to go back

5

going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing

5

bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming

4

bucket; pail; tub

1

missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess

5

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

2

lock-opening; lock-picking

1

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

1

to invite in; to show someone in

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

1

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

3

luckily; happily

2

acceleration; speeding up

2

appearance; air; condition; state; form

5

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

1

at large; fugitive

5

forgetful; oblivious of; negligent

2

being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

4

to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate

1

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

5

worried look; concerned expression

7

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

2

village girl

5

glossy; bright; slick

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

might as well

2

always; all the time

27

sunlight; rays of the Sun

2

unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently

6

rear garden; back yard

1

water well

7

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

1

to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

1

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

3

to become fraught with emotion

2

without doing ...; don't

1

worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature

3

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

7

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

2

anything and everything; just about everything

10

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

4

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

2

to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)

1

cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively

2

art of self-defense (defence)

2

lecture

8

important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)

4

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

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