jpdb beta

biography; life story

1

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

commentary; annotation

1

established reputation

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

2

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

to be found

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

7

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

youth; young person

1

reading matter; reading material

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

counter for books; volume

4

those (near the second person)

2

binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

3

colored pencil; coloured pencil

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

emphasis mark (used in Japanese text in a way similar to underlining)

2

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

1

reading (books)

1

open sea; Okinawa

3

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

to happen to come along

1

to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

3

each; respectively

3

characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

work; job; labor; work

7

helper; assistant; help

5

shopping; purchased goods

1

house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)

1

cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted

1

maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady

1

I; me

21

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

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

18

living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity

1

one; one

1

a loop; a trap

1

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

2

kindness; consideration

1

hanging scroll

13

forehead; brow

4

waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

3

man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically

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