jpdb beta

greeting; a fine thing to say

6

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

5

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

5

renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue

2

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

8

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

1

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows

1

too much; excessive; too

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

13

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

1

present; gift

3

daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless

1

to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

4

ahead; before; ago

1

traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments

2

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)

4

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

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

5

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

3

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

3

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

9

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

3

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

6

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

5

professor; teaching; instruction

2

something; some kind of; for some reason

17

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

3

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

5

rebel; traitor

1

like; as if; the same as

40

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

1

myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

4

in one's hands; in one's control

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

2

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

1

windward; upwind

1

to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

5

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

4

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

9

to survive

4

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

2