jpdb beta

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

6

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

1

losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

1

like; as if; the same as

1

to look towards

1

to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

normal

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

3

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

2

standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

7

behind; in the rear; in back

2

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

4

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

3

assistance; support

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

even if I told you

1

chance; opportunity

6

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

coward

1

complaint

1

to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

3

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

3

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

half-wit; fool; simpleton

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

to spend time (on doing something)

3

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

9

just the other day; quite recently

2

last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

1

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

3

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1