jpdb beta

cousin (elder male)

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

Tokyo

2

letter; missive; note; mail

11

frequent; incessant

3

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

1

grasp; catch; understanding

2

(telephone) receiver

1

small box; casket

1

hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds

1

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

1

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

4

landlord; landlady

3

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

reply; answer

1

ahead; before; ago

6

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

4

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

hence; for that reason

3

duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key

2

arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

1

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

end; conclusion

6

evasion; avoidance

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

5

well

5

old lady; ma'am

6

police; police officer; police station

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

4

aunt

1

(world of) politics; political world; political circles

1

financial world; business circles

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

new graduate; recent graduate

1

only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

2

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

3

sour look; surly face; pout

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1