jpdb beta

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

6

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

13

only; sole; unique

3

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

5

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

2

case; situation

3

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

1

accidental death

2

for this reason

2

this sort of

2

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

for today; for the time being

1

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

9

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

6

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

6

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

3

to recall; to remember; to recollect

5

to walk

6

prefectural border; prefectural boundary

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

train; electric train

2

ticket

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

13

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

2

consequence; outcome; result; blame

3

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

7

to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood

1

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

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

27

Julia

4

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

1

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

3

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

3

well; now; then

5

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

9

blond hair ("kinpatsu" read backwards)

2

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

3

part-time job; side job

2

single word; a few words; brief comment

4