jpdb beta

reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)

2

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

father

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

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

1

teacher (classroom)

4

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

1

healthy; sound; wholesome

1

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

2

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

scandal; deplorable event

2

oh my god; how; what the; incredible

1

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

4

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

1

every night

1

to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

1

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

to return; to come back

1

back off!; leave me alone!

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

3

clear; fresh; bright

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

Japanese person; Japanese people

2

in that manner; like that

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

2

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

2

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

2

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

1

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

4

I; me

2

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

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