jpdb beta

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

2

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

1

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

3

measure; step; action

1

outskirts (of a town); run-down district

1

biological child; one's own child

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

1

triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three important requisites

1

within the prefecture

1

rate of advancement to the next higher level of education

1

to compete with; to vie for

2

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

2

playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

1

nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage

5

church; congregation

1

tea party

1

to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

2

excursion; field trip; school trip

3

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

4

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

1

lacquering; lacquer ware

1

four-legged tray for festive food

1

traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

11

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

6

charisma

1

to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)

3

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

3

object of adoration, longing

1

incessant; uninterrupted; continuous

1

print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer

2

class representative

2

continuing to pitch; staying at one's post; staying on at work

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)

2

counter for (school) periods; nth period

2

here and there; everywhere

1

while in class

2

to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

early afternoon

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that

4

temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

2

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

2

to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable

3

mutual love

1