jpdb beta

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

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

5

lack of evidence; insufficient evidence

1

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

13

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

3

voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)

8

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

Keiko

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

50

insurance; guarantee

1

canvasser; door-to-door salesman

1

husband

1

divorce

3

year end

1

fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle

2

to occur; to happen

1

youngest

2

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

3

only son

3

spinal cord

1

damage; injury

1

serious wound; serious injury

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

2

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

5

large number (of); many; majority

1

arrestee; person arrested

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

1

intervention

1

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

1

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

3

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

10

entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

1

finding employment; getting a job

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

2

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

1

this year

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

parents; both parents

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

3

group (usu. of people)

2

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

1

naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

meaning; called; said

2

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1