jpdb beta

letter; note

2

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

8

revision; proofreading

1

thanks; gratitude

3

telegram

10

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

one's way back; one's way home

5

detour; roundabout way

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

1

late at night

8

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

6

to arrive

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

13

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

14

sleepy eyes; drowsy look

1

katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

2

middle-aged man; uncle

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

2

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

crab

4

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

Tamagawajousui

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

2

word; language; speech

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

Yoda Shun'ichi

2

semi-; quasi-; associate

1

commuting to school; school commute

3

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

5

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

1

to come across; to happen upon

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

6

auntie; older woman

2

indicates emphasis

1

it may be my imagination, but ...; I may be imagining things, but ...

1

a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish

2

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

5

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

2

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

10

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

16

building addition or extension; an annex

3

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

7

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

1

sound of many footsteps

2

eagle (Accipitridae family)

2

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

3