jpdb beta

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

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to the last; persistency; thoroughness

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

further; above; anymore

1

slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

3

assistant

2

half a year; six months

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... is the reason; ... is my excuse

1

permanent domicile

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Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)

1

Kagemura

1

one's home; one's house

5

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

2

housecall (doctor, nurse); outcall (prostitute)

3

your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you

2

cooking; food preparation

1

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

3

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)

1

serve; serving (e.g. of food)

2

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

2

study; library; den; home office; reading room

11

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

living; lifestyle; living room

3

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

4

ago; since; before; previous

1

after; later

2

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

4

entrance

1

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

4

agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

reply; answer; response

1

state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication

2

woman; female; feminine gender

6

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

4

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

5

friend

3

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

2

since then; from that time; ever since

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

3

probability

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

1

today; this day

1

sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

1

be; is

2

after a long time; for the first time in a while

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