jpdb beta

ho-ho

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

2

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

room; apartment; flat

1

escort

1

ho-ho

1

being filled with; being full of; permeation

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

1

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

1

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

7

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

businesslike; professional

1

hardworking; studious

1

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

2

not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

1

now is the time

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

hindrance; intrusion

5

being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation

1

to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist

1

yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

1

unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

3

novelist; fiction writer

6

cough; ahem

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

1

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

to pack; to box; to package

1

cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

7

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

week

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

2

intervening

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

2

to disappear; to vanish

4

(not) even once; (not) ever

1

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

2

Saturday

2

to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

1

this week

2

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

2

buying; shopping; buyer; purchase

4