jpdb beta

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

9

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion

1

silkworm-egg card

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

2

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

1

huge fortune; millions

2

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

to burn up

1

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1

day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year); (arch.) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; (arch.) pine shoot pulled out by the roots

2

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

1

Happy New Year

1

left eye

2

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

2

finance; economy

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

3

all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!

1

go (board game)

1

bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

1

silkworm gut; catgut

1

front (in battle)

1

article; news story; report; account

3

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show

1

private (establishment)

1

to make; to manufacture

1

to regret

2

comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable

1

too much; excessive; too

1

to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on

1

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

9

chest

1

Yanosuke

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bank clerk

1

walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)

2

advance; moving forward; progress

2

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

4

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

3

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

state of the war; war situation

1