jpdb beta

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

2

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

2

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

4

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

2

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

1

original form; base form

2

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

1

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

1

two; 2

2

(period of) a year; during an era

1

mother

2

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

to be corrupt

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

3

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

2

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

6

class meeting; classroom assembly

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

five; 5

3

six; 6

2

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

2

to recall; to remember; to recollect

2

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

to escape; to run away

1

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

2

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

3

correct answer

1

fasting

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

2

(death from) starvation; starving to death

2

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

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

1

decomposition; ulceration

1

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

2