jpdb beta

relative; relation; kin

2

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

to get on; to climb on

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

2

luxury cruise ship; luxury liner

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

2

best; vest

1

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

yes; that is so

1

inside the garden (park)

3

appointment

2

briskly; quickly; promptly

1

say; well; um; er

1

Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

2

Monday

3

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

3

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

2

after

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

2

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes

2

as (for); for; in the capacity of

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

3

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

2

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

2

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

1

leaving to chance; leaving to fate

1

another; different; something else

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

1

sound of an explosion

3

high-pitched; shrill

1

shriek; scream

1

staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

13

to gather; to collect; to assemble

1

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

falling over; toppling sideways

1

made of metal

1