jpdb beta

that's the way it is; such is life

8

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

15

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

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

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

6

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

2

mother

19

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

22

how; in what way; by what means

17

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

in that way; like that; that way

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

2

laughing matter

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

6

our company

3

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

3

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

15

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

12

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

11

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

5

report; information

10

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

13

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

3

a bit more; a bit longer

1

go home; get out

5

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

3

this and that; this or that; one thing after another

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

3

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

8

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

to change one's clothes

2

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

11

shoehorn

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

13

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

24

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

12

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false

1

lawyer; jurist

1

to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

4

son

6

son; penis

5

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

4