jpdb beta

book; volume; this; present; main; head

3

while; during; while; although; all; both

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

3

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

tee-hee

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

3

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

1

to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

2

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

3

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

4

in that manner; like that

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

5

(some) more; even more; longer; further

7

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

2

memory; sense; experience

3

pose; pause

2

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

2

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

1

for today; for the time being

1

a bit more; a bit longer

2

we

6

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

imagination; supposition; guess

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

1

holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night

2

in the future; another day; later

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

in comparison to; rather than

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

lung

2

to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

1

society; the world; the times

1

longevity; long life

1

how many years; how long; what year

1

thanks; gratitude

3

is not; am not; are not

1