jpdb beta

looks; features

2

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

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

1

good policy; wise policy; best plan

1

someone; a certain person

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

4

a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

1

(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

1

people

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

4

willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled

1

crime; sin; vice

1

republic; commonwealth

1

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

3

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

7

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

four years

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation

1

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

2

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

3

superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding

1

thank you; thanks

1

one's home country; one's homeland

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

2

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

professional job; profession

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

3

good-natured

1

to shine

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

4

(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)

1

nursing (a patient)

1

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

2

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

5

daughter

2

to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

gatepost; pier

1

embarrassing; awkward

1

old father

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

2