jpdb beta

smelling of incense; overly pious

1

sickroom; hospital room; ward

4

puberty; adolescence

1

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

incense

3

tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded

1

envelope

6

foil stamping; hot stamping; gold tooling (a book); gilt tooling

2

gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold

2

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

2

addressing (e.g. writing an address on an envelope)

1

migrant worker; economic nomad

1

dusty miller (Jacobaea maritima)

1

with a snap; with a flick; wide-eyed; with a flick (of eyelids); with a crackle (of a fire); with a rustle

1

love letter

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

this land; our country; Imperial Court of Japan

6

to address

2

topic of conversation

1

the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools

1

Oie school of calligraphy (based on the gyōsho style; popular in the Edo period); Sonen school; Shorenin school

1

highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style

1

straight line; beeline

1

smoothly; easily; readily

3

nominative case

1

preceding paragraph; first part

1

to go on reading

1

seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

1

postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.

1

every single word and phrase; word by word

1

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

theory

1

high society

1

value to society; raison d'être; existence value

1

very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite

1

nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; nested structure; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted by a parent of a deceased child

1

brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic

1

to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind

3

allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation

1

sound; sure; safe; steady; firm

1

issuer; publisher

1

recipient; receiver

2

marketable securities; stocks and bonds

1

consignor

1

deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)

1

(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

2

unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable

2

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

2

commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial

1

change; money exchange

1