jpdb beta

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

12

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

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

1

withdrawal from a group; resignation; secession; unsubscribing (mailing list, etc.)

7

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

1

one month

5

to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)

1

baptism

3

severe; bitter; scathing

2

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

2

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

2

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

3

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

5

one week

9

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

10

even now; still; as yet

3

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

3

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

7

instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles

6

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

power switch

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

5

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

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to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

11

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

5

retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)

3

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

8

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

8

cause; origin; source

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wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

8

to produce a sound

2

partly open; in half bloom

3

three years

6

to pass (of time); to elapse

6

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

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to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

5

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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to meet face-to-face

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

2

personal; individual; private

4

working adult; full-fledged member of society

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