jpdb beta

way; method; means; resource; course

7

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

5

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

33

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

6

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

11

coarse; rough

2

Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

8

China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

8

virtue; charm; merit; good point

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

28

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

11

surely

6

as soon as; right after

4

early

1

dinner; evening meal

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

9

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

2

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

17

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

3

stranger; person from another place

1

stranger; outsider

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

43

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

19

vegetable

3

wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest

1

many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

5

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

3

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

4

villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant

1

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

4

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

13

tip; end; point

1

mountains

1

plants; vegetation

5

to wipe; to dry

13

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

4

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

ringing; sound

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

11

or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

3

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

2

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

2

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

9

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

2