jpdb beta

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

3

huh?; what's up?

4

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

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due form; official; formality

2

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

there is nothing

1

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

government management

1

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

1

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

(a) few; some; several

1

article; thing; object; property; real estate

1

already; too late

2

undertaking; underwriting; acceptance

1

hope; wish; aspiration

1

to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

1

how; in what way; how about

8

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

2

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

2

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

3

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

1

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

3

older brother; elder brother

5

be; is

4

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

4

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

3

Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

sorting fruit

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

5

reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration

2

after

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child

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

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