jpdb beta

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

2

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

2

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

younger sister

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

1

(short) rest; breather; break

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

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

1

theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

1

what is it?

1

kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat

1

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

2

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

3

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

4

commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph

1

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

1

counter for people

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

large family; extended family

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1

coffee

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however

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as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

2

to recall; to remember; to recollect

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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nursery school; day nursery; preschool

1

taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

2

nursery school teacher; childcare worker

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

2

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

2

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

2

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

5

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

2

of course; certainly; naturally

2

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

6

return; welcome home

1

home builder (esp. large nationwide company)

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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