jpdb beta

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

2

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

6

annotation; explanatory note; comment

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

78

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

16

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

6

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

like; similar to; same as

1

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

presence; dignity

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

6

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

10

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

9

fiance; fiancee

2

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

to leave one's seat

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

14

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

1

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

2

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

2

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

5

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

4

to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

1

full-length portrait or statue

1

adjustment; retouching (in photography)

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

3

stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

looks; features

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

2

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

7

dowry

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

3

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

13

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

irresolute; hesitant

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

6

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

5

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

18

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

3

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

3