jpdb beta

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

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

interference; meddling; butting in

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

3

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely

4

ketchup; catsup

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

pointing out; identification

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

1

inconvenient

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

11

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

1

air conditioner; cooler

1

leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)

1

exceedingly; very

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

1

mistake; error; blunder

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

2

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

1

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

1

senior high school; high school

50

child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

9

prostitution

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

2

complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation

1

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

2

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

final boss

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

1

section manager; section chief

3

earnestly

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

1

three years

8

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

3

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

how many; how old

3

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

3

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2