jpdb beta

alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

10

copybook; model; pattern

5

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

3

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

1

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

1

typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style

9

standard; level; norm

1

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

pre-era; BC; BCE

2

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

1

Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE-210 BCE), first emperor of unified China; Shihuangdi

1

seal-engraving style (of writing Chinese characters); seal script

1

something like ...; something called ...

3

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

from there; thence

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

1

clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

1

to become settled; to be fixed

1

how many years; how long; what year

2

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

final form

1

nine; 9

4

Shigemiya

4

spring of sweet water

4

inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim

4

shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing

6

back; behind; rear

1

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

2

here and there; in places

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

rubbed copy; folio of rubbings

3

stone monument

2

to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace

2

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

11

pole; climax; extreme; extremity

1

counter for rules; rule; regulation

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

3

writing (from a copy)

4

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

3

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

2

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

3

rhythm

3

one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

2

three; three years of age

2