jpdb beta

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

be; is

6

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

3

hey!; hey!

6

impudent; cheeky

1

old man; old geezer

6

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

3

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

bridge

5

together (with); at the same time; in a lump

8

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

7

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

3

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

5

poor doctor; inept doctor; quack

1

to grumble about something (trivial)

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

7

boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)

13

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

11

martial arts school situated in a town

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such ... as; or some such

2

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

6

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

2

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

20

losing weight; slimming; lean person

1

in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward

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chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople

4

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

2

using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

1

offender; criminal

3

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

4

if it's the case

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

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speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

5

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

4

to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

2

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

3

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2