jpdb beta

chopsticks

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finally; at last; in the end; ultimately

2

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

1

parents; both parents

1

anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up

1

time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance

1

divorce

1

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

baby; infant

1

scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1

season; time of year

1

octave

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

bone ash

1

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

1

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

1

to remake; to rebuild

1

hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous

2

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

straight line; beeline

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

Japanese clothes

1

to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away

3

graduate student; postgraduate student

1

an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"

1

these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour

1

graduate school

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child

1

nod; inclination of the head

1

mother; wife

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

5

to pierce through; to break through

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

calling out to someone with love or good will; phone call to a loved one; fervent request; heartfelt appeal

4

several days later

3

one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

2

to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

1

center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

1

cholangiocarcinoma; bile duct cancer

1

reverse osmosis; RO

1