jpdb beta

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

5

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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the preceding year; the previous year; last year

2

broad street; main street; avenue; boulevard

2

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat

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to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

2

old furniture; curios; secondhand goods

1

night stall; night shop; night fair

6

ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer

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Monday

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

2

nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

4

ten-year-old; ten year old

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

3

a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)

1

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

2

family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai

5

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

5

guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

4

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

2

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

to look old; to get old

3

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

1

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

2

without; but if; otherwise; or else

4

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

6

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

light; lamplight

2

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

2

carving; engraving; chiselled features

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

6

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

1

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

1

to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

bu; traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres; commission; percentage; exactly; precisely

1

step; stride; counter for steps

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there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough

2

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

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

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sometimes; often

1