jpdb beta

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

11

win; victory

5

drama; play; powerful drug

6

throne

1

poet

5

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

5

Novell

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

6

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

23

popular literature

18

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

6

switching over to; migration; transition

4

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

54

I-novel; novel narrated in the first person

6

essence; extract

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

9

forked road; crossroads

2

Kume Masao (1891.11.23-1952.3.1)

1

Kume

1

chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

1

pond

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

8

to set aside

1

avocation; hobby

34

propriety; right or wrong; justice

1

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

2

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

10

rather; sooner; preferably

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

3

fabrication; lie; fiction

2

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

2

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

8

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

7

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

3

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

1

tautology

1

shape; figure; image

5

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

4

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

8

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

1

talent; ability

3

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

6

doctor

1

Jonson

1