jpdb beta

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

2

waste of time

4

maid; helper; help; assistance

2

backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

living together (of two people)

6

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)

3

obvious; undeniable

1

the other day; a few days ago

3

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

2

longevity; long life

1

same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility

2

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

5

dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

1

report; notification; registration

2

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

you could say that; that might be so

4

breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

2

funeral

1

patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending

1

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

to have the privilege of doing

1

to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own

2

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

3

prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract

1

should not be; must not be

1

calorie counting; calorie calculation

1

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

3

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)

1

or something

1

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

memory-making; making memories

2

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

3

event; function

1

jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

1

winter vacation; winter holidays

1

(Saint) Valentine

1

density

1

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

3

with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind

1

thousand; 1,000

3

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

2

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

3

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2