jpdb beta

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

8

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

4

all; everyone; everybody

7

because; as; since

3

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food

1

unexpected meeting; coincidence

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

14

teakettle; kettle

1

friend

3

to make a speech; to address

2

to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate

2

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

to jump at; to be attracted by

1

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

to have the nerve to

5

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

1

emergency case

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

oh, yes?; really?

5

mother

5

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

5

considerably; fairly; quite

4

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

5

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

2

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

8

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

6

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

8

someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)

2

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

10

class

10

children

2

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

13

hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

foreign country

1

disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)

12

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

1

nursery school; day nursery; preschool

1

aunt

5

Misaki

7

mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

4

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

blow; hit (on the body); beating

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

2

misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko

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