jpdb beta

friend

9

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student

4

third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student

4

class

4

together; at the same time; same; identical

9

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

5

Mr (junior); master; boy

8

all; every

2

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

2

physical work; manual labour (labor)

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

8

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

183

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

5

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

78

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

3

family; relatives; dependents; household

10

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

6

relative; relation; kin

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

2

temper; disposition

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

7

low wages

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

3

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

6

steady; sound; reliable; solid

1

management policies

1

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

3

senior high school; high school

3

annual (plant); first-year student

1

be; is

31

second cousin

2

to be selected (from among many people)

1

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

37

the person himself

2

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

61

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

2

marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

1

time; pause; space; room

2

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

1

female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering

1

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

8

how; in what way; how about

33

yesterday

4