jpdb beta

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

4

dynasty

6

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

6

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

1

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

3

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

1

to be a problem

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

1

contract; commitment

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

2

(manufacturing) industry

2

500; five hundred; many

1

before long

1

employee; worker

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

age; years

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

one's twenties

2

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

1

work; job; labor; work

13

thirty; 30

5

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

to survive

1

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

evening; night; dinner

10

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

8

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

3

to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

2

Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism

1

elegant; graceful

1

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten

12

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

1

to perceive; to understand

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

4

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2

tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean

4

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

5

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

4

summer

11

early

5

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

4

fate; chance; relationship; tie

1

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

2