jpdb beta

to make a serious effort

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

to finish reading; to read through

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

three years

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

1

unfairness; injustice; partiality

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

3

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

1

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

9

Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

2

Kyouko

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

2

you; dear; honey

2

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

4

(audio) recording

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

2

dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)

1

four characters; four letters

1

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

3

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

3

society; the world; the times

5

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

2

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

4

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

1

Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

1

darkness

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

to shed tears; to be moved to tears

1

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

2

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

1

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

always; constantly

2

water's edge; beach; shore

2

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

1

small boat

1