jpdb beta

coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart

2

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

walking; going on foot

3

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

1

mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)

1

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

4

reminiscent talk

1

start of a romance; beginning of love

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

friend

2

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

2

antique shop

1

captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

2

purchase; buy

1

snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

5

everyday life; daily life

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

2

immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing

2

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

2

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome

1

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

3

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

3

very; extremely; excessively

2

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

3

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

1

sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

1

protest; objection

1

such ... as; or some such

1

note; memo; memorandum

3

book; register

1

exchanging diary between friends (usually at school)

1

body; physical system; (the) person

3

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

3

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

2

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

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