jpdb beta

number one; first; best; most; game; round

7

small; little; few

3

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

3

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

2

the reason is ...; it is because ...

2

to burn; to get fired up

4

to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

2

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

2

that is to say; so that means

12

so much; so; like that

4

distant place; faraway location; far away

3

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

4

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

3

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

1

young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

3

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

7

Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa); downy cherry

1

to bloom

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

3

nimbly; lightly

2

favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured

1

to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation

1

line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style

4

vitality; (one's) life force

1

unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

2

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

2

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

3

cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

3

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

4

to be ill; to suffer from

5

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

28

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

11

-less; lacking; non-existing

7

fortitude; firmness of character; sturdiness; inner strength; hardihood

1

unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive

1

intimate; close

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

9

dictation; verbal statement

13

Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

left-hand radical of a character

1

variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)

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