jpdb beta

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

1

learning; study

1

childhood; infancy

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

2

temple; monk's quarters; monk

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

5

further; above; anymore

1

adolescence

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

4

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

4

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)

2

however; nevertheless; but; and yet; whereas; while

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

1

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

6

dead person

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

devotion; attachment; infatuation

2

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

2

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

3

study of natural laws; branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

3

China

1

welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service

2

stop

3

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction

5

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

5

aha!; yes sir

5

father

4

temporarily; short period; once; one morning

2

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

2

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

1

to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to

1

scolding

2

father

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

3

lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

1

if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due

1

winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

5

conservative

1

conservativeness; conservatism; regression; retrogression; unadventurousness

1

staying in Britain

1

what action to take; what to do with oneself

1