jpdb beta

vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty

3

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

4

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

14

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

1

in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish

1

faded color; faded colour; antique look

1

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

6

urgent; pressing; exigent

1

wrinkled; full of wrinkles

6

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

1

to be; to come; to go

3

all (there is); as long as there is

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

5

duty; obligation

2

decisive; resolute; drastic

1

to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed

1

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

1

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

2

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

3

to explain away; to answer evasively

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

5

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

4

mask; disguise; guise; mask

5

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

5

to put one's trust in

4

to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

4

house where one was born; one's parents' house

6

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

employer's house; master's house

3

father

4

feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province

3

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

6

director of the Dazaifu

2

miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

1

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

1

point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

be; is

3

distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

13

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

6

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

13

going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting

4

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

2

thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love

1

years later

2

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

1