jpdb beta

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

4

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

bundle; pack; bunch

1

one room

3

clear stream

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

13

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

early spring

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

3

great joy

2

first; new

2

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

3

speech; utterance; starting to speak; word used to start a sentence

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

horseback

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

1

packhorse driver

1

grandchild

4

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

4

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish

1

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

4

(small crunchy) dried sardines

1

clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

1

to ask a high price; to overcharge

2

birthday celebration

1

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

2

March; third month of the lunar calendar

2

year in, year out; always; 24-7

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

2

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

this year

1

pain; agony; bitterness

14

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

9

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

13

same; similar; (just) like; equal

6

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

2

that day; the very same day

7

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

7

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

1

haori (Japanese formal coat)

11

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

5

eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently

2

to the end; to the last

2

waiting in vain

1

discovery; detection; finding

4

preparation; arrangements

10

one's home; one's house

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

3

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

1