jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

11

fluent (in a language); flowing

1

(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

2

good-for-nothing; worthless

8

stature; height

1

important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials

1

guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)

1

wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword

1

soldier; combatant; warrior

2

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

2

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

3

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

4

future prospects; promise

1

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

3

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

3

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

2

man

2

ordinary citizen; the general public

3

indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice

1

aim

2

noble; aristocrat; peer

4

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

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

4

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

2

to be deep in talk

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

maid; helper; help; assistance

1

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

2

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

3

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

this sort of

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

1

one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

1

helper; assistant; help

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

6

being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless

1

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

3