jpdb beta

beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker

2

to be slow in saying

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nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

2

carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

1

salt water; brine

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

electricity; (electric) light

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)

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

ferry; ferryboat

1

the other day; a few days ago

1

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

2

one month

1

to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)

1

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)

1

large number of people

1

trouble; bother; annoyance

1

one; one

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

to make contact

1

extended leave; long vacation

1

period; term; interval

1

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

1

isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island

2

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

1

Japan

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

1

(just) one's imagination

1

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

1

landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

1

to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with

1

that sort of; like that

1

liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

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and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1