jpdb beta

older sister; elder sister

5

brook running across meadowland; small river flowing through a field

1

rim; brim; edge; brink

1

oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

meeting; greeting; welcome

1

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

3

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

8

question; query

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

famous; well-known

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

occasionally; now and then; from time to time

3

door; entrance; gateway

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly

2

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

1

don't you think?; indicates question

5

pebble; small stone

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

Zushi

1

issue; offspring; paternal blood

1

powerful family

1

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

1

absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

2

to attract attention

1

approximate age

1

crossroads; crossing; intersection; street

2

rickshaw; jinrikisha

2

simply; merely; only; solely

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

1

child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)

1

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

2

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

bachelor's life; life of a bachelor

1

3000; three thousand; many

1

four thousand; 4,000

1

savings

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1

at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as

1

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

1

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

3

rather than; more ... than ...

1

(female) childcare worker; nursery school teacher

1

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

1