jpdb beta

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

2

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

extension telephone

2

number; series of digits

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

9

close to the ear

4

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

2

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

25

visitor; caller

2

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

17

a few seconds; several seconds

2

to smile (at someone)

2

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

4

grateful; indebted

1

waiting room

2

easy chair; armchair

2

to sit down

6

wealthy; rich; affluent

2

city

3

day after day; every day

3

burnt field; burnt area; land devastated by fire

13

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

5

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

1

international trade; international trading

1

harbour

5

Dalian (China)

3

direct connection; direct link

1

Chinese tea

1

cake served with tea; teacake

1

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

1

to start forgetting

2

cosmopolitan city

2

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

broadminded

1

brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating

1

stand; frame; abutment

1

newspaper

5

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

5

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

8

swept back hair

1

bridge of the nose

2

youth; young man

58

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

4

thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

1

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)

8

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

2

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

6

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

1

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

1