jpdb beta

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

3

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

4

large front gate

1

student days

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

12

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

3

store; shop

1

at that time; in those days

1

Japan

1

nowhere

1

he; him; boyfriend

3

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

however; but

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

3

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

1

and then; after that

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

Tokyo

1

to take root; to strike

1

success; hit

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

1

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

4

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

3

generous; unstinting

1

to assist; to help out

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

Kodenmachō

1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

4

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

3

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

9

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

ah; oh; hey!

13

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

1

indicates question

10

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

2

alcohol; sake

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

1