jpdb beta

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

2

coherence; consistency

2

lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)

5

eldest

1

a realist

1

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

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

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

thank you; thanks

3

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

(power of) imagination

1

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

4

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

3

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

2

curl

4

old friend; old pal

1

that is to say; so that means

1

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

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

3

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

1

friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

1

putting into operation; invocation

2

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

7

to subsist; to keep on living

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

2

to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

1

mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

3

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

4

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

you could say that

2

brainwashing

1

failure; mistake; blunder

3

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

2

based on; on the basis of

1

brain; brains; mind

1

chemical

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

6

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

3

to hesitate; to waver

2

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

knowledge; information

1

novel; (short) story

1

movie; film

3