jpdb beta

the other day; lately; recently; during this period

5

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

7

last month

1

to begin to

2

so; like this; in this way

12

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

2

to keep a promise; to keep one's word

2

just because; even if; even though

7

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

3

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy

1

charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

4

salary; wages; pay

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

6

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

4

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

12

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

3

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

to become better; to improve

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

2

newly-wed; newly married

2

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

1

taste; liking; preference

1

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

2

going through; going via; going by way of

1

message

5

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

6

to address

2

irresponsibility

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

3

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

as one promised

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

1

(one's) self; oneself

5

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

4

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

2

faltering; hesitation

2

rather than (do ...)

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

to aim at

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1