jpdb beta

engagement; betrothal

1

pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

3

quarrel; dispute; argument

3

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

2

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

3

homecoming; returning home

1

ancestor

1

visiting a grave

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

bus

6

Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

1

to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain

1

deserted village; poor village

1

bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

5

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

2

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

1

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

4

directly; in person; firsthand

5

bitch; witch; ugly woman; 1-point card; junk card

1

to forsake one thing for another

1

to have the nerve to

4

protest; refutation; pleading

1

slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech

2

dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained

2

having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

1

by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing

1

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

6

go home; get out

1

never again

5

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

7

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

1

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

4

baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence

1

if; in case; supposing

2

in fact

1

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

5

should do; ought to do

1

cynic

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

holding on to; sticking to

1