jpdb beta

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

2

narration

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

32

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

92

by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

3

be; is

146

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

7

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

10

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

20

God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan

3

surely (not); certainly (not)

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

18

trial; test

4

verse

2

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

93

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

14

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

11

Masaoka

1

like; as if; the same as

39

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

14

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

3

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

22

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

28

heir; successor

13

emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

6

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

87

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

23

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

4

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

37

person with a humble salary; person of a low condition

2

successfully; with success

4

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

10

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

9

beginning; inception

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

19

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

15

effect; efficacy; omen

3

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

14

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

14

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

21

without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after

59

to leave as is; to ignore

2

carefully; with caution

1

third day of the month; three days

11

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

5

to feel depressed; to be down

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

22

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

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