jpdb beta

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

7

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

6

prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

1

but; however; although

16

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

3

a dime a dozen; two a penny

1

scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

12

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

4

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

17

to; towards; for

6

twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days

3

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

6

return; welcome home

3

Ayaka

45

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

younger sister

1

tsunami; tidal wave

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

4

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

1

Morioka (city in Iwate)

2

to move (house); to change residence

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

2

large boat

4

senior high school; high school

3

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

32

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

4

to remain; to be left

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

2

disregarding; ignoring

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

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

6

then; well; so; be; is

19

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

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

14

vegetable

2

to go; to come

5

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

1

indicates question

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