jpdb beta

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

2

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

1

hey; say; look

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

3

to show; to display

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

1

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

1

return; coming back

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

2

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

2

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

4

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

birthday

4

every year; yearly; annually

2

birthday party; birthday meet-up

2

present; gift; to give a present or gift

11

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

5

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

1

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

2

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

1

reconciliation; make peace with

2

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

2

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

2

this year

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

2

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

2

filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

1

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

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

3

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

separate case; another matter

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents

2

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

3

tomorrow; near future

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

1