jpdb beta

Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person

2

electronic sound

6

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

4

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon

2

redoing; doing over again

1

to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

1

huh?; what's up?

4

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

2

mm; hm; ngh; hm?; huh?

3

gasp; pant

1

half

1

Gau; Gault; Got

2

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

3

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

7

water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

1

agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation

3

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

2

10,000 yen bill

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

11

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)

1

by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency

2

however; but

4

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

3

value; worth; merit

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

husband

2

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

1

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

2

about; on; regarding; per; for every

6

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

2

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...

2

why; how; for what reason

2

returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

2

next day

2

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

3

was

7

name; given name; first name

4

to be born; to come into the world

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot

2