jpdb beta

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

6

vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink

5

fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner

2

commerce; trade; business

1

investigation; inquiry; research; study; consideration; deliberation

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

3

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

2

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

11

Oono Banboku (1890.9.20-1964.5.29)

1

model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

3

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

I see; that's right; indeed

13

provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule

1

racecourse; race track

2

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

1

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

6

praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)

4

improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib

3

the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

1

absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

4

sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme

1

coincidence

1

the said person; he; she; same surname

2

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

3

the publishing world

1

weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal

3

new word; neologism; newly coined word; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)

1

circulation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); number of copies sold

1

rate of increase (e.g. prices); rate of climb (e.g. aircraft)

1

number of readers (of a magazine, newspaper, etc.); readership

1

already published

1

skimming a text

1

style; form; pattern

5

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.)

7

undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

1

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

1

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

13

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

5

adherence; sticking (to); fixation

3

equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

1

I-novel; novel narrated in the first person

1

large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece

1

perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; flawless

1

standard; criterion; rule; compass and ruler

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

4

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

4

walk; stroll

2