jpdb beta

earthenware

1

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

1

career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)

6

bachelor's life; life of a bachelor

1

absence; disregard; indifference

3

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

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

4

to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

1

meanwhile; in the meantime

2

to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

1

visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter

1

seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

1

counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

23

no sleep or rest; working day and night

1

harmful animal; pest; vermin

2

false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm

1

children's story; fairy tale

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

3

to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

5

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

2

PTSD; post-traumatic stress disorder

2

Beatty

1

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

1

secret; secrecy

2

empty stomach; hunger

1

stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

1

trivial; not amounting to much

2

mineral water

1

celebrating recovery from illness

1

inside the kindergarten; inside the zoo; inside the garden; inside the park

1

unable to wait

1

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

2

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

2

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

2

recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

1

eating habits; diet; dietary pattern

1

as it is; frankly

1

great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

2

disgraceful; shameful

1

being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

2

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

1

declaration; profession

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

one's home country; one's homeland

1