jpdb beta

change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning

1

heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

1

ascending and descending; going up and down

7

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

3

this world; this life

2

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

1

to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

1

laminating; layering

1

trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.); preview

1

to select; to pick out

1

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

1

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

2

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)

2

comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...

1

to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth

4

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

4

ladykiller; ladies' man; murder of a woman; murderer of a woman; femicide

1

promotion (school, military, etc.)

1

graduation thesis

3

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

matter; item; facts

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

1

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

to leave space (between)

1

bibliophile

1

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

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

5

airport

1

seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

1

story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend

1

return to one's country; return to one's hometown

2

stern; grave; solemn; sobersided

1

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

readmission to a school

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

international call

1

language barrier

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

foreign language

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese

1

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

1