jpdb beta

don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

1

to lure; to invite out

2

next; secondly; subsequently

7

opinion; view; comment

4

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

3

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)

1

rash assumption; hasty conclusion

3

like; as if; the same as

3

(young) girl

5

motherhood; maternity

5

to be tired from walking

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

3

to be advanced in age

3

to rust; to become rusty

2

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

15

flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

6

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

4

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

4

measurements; weighing

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

14

to do (for someone)

4

sincere; earnest; serious

4

to boil; to simmer

1

mere; simple; sheer

2

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

2

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

12

to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

5

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

2

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

2

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

4

made of metal

2

skin

8

to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

7

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

3

kabuki play

1

court lady; noblewoman

2

year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience

1

to leave one's seat

3

eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

1

pride; haughtiness

2

suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately

4