jpdb beta

picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

5

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

11

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

21

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

4

coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

15

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

8

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

12

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

6

youth; young man

27

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

9

one's twenties

1

first half

2

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

3

(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

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

11

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

3

sitting; stability

1

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

3

counter for people

3

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

14

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

3

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

6

hmm; I see; hrm

12

guidance; leadership; leading the way

2

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

4

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

9

lamp; light

21

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

4

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

21

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

109

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

short; brief

7

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

29

surroundings; environs; circumference

13

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

17

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

14

chief; main; principal; major

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

2

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

peddler; pedlar; hawker

3

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

stranger; outsider

6

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

6

itinerant entertainer

16