jpdb beta

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

8

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

virile; tough; masculine; intense

1

liar; fibber

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

way of talking; speaking style

2

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

1

stationery

2

to begin to speak

2

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

5

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)

1

mixed; mingled

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period

1

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

1

forced laugh; forced smile

2

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

embarrassed; ashamed

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

1

harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

3

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

2

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

8

preparation for a lesson

2

to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

2

to show in; to usher in

1

recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going

1

to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)

1

to give a reason

1

reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate

1

office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

1

grandparents

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