jpdb beta

bad job; poor workmanship; bungle

2

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

3

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

1

lake

1

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

3

feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning

1

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

1

pretty; charming; lovely; adorable

1

inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry

1

ability to get things done

1

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

6

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

2

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

4

Oliver; Oribe

4

to lose one's life

2

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

2

one year; some time ago

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

2

to hold fast; to protect to the end

2

first anniversary of a person's death

1

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

1

one's first campaign; one's first battle

2

had better ...; had better not ...

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

a little bit; a little while

1

Tokugawa forces

1

100,000; hundred thousand

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)

1

to gain a victory; to win

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

accurate; correct; precise; exact

1

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

12

locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem

4

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

1

just managing; with great difficulty

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

all year round; all the time; year in and year out

1

having children; attempting to conceive

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

2

distant

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

3

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

1