jpdb beta

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

2

beforehand; in advance; previously

6

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

1

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

2

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

2

modesty; humility; being humble

4

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

4

mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension

3

to be superior to

1

established reputation

1

blockhead; a fool

2

Buddhist studies; Buddhology

3

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

10

please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

9

to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for

1

work; labor; labour; toil

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

1

being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus

1

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

3

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

separate; respective

1

one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements

5

kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley

3

the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine

3

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

2

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

7

relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls

12

shyness; bashfulness; shame

9

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

precocity; early ripening; premature development

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

2

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

8

fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction

2

all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

2

protest; objection

1

passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary

1

blood relationship; blood relative

7

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

7

occupation; calling; livelihood

2

inside a temple

2

to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

3

since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

1

your younger brother

2

being startled; getting a shock

2

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

6

tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

3

without permission; without notice

2

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1