jpdb beta

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

5

to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

2

choice; selection

1

unfortunately; regrettably

2

plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full

1

second (unit of time); arc second

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

to not believe one's ears

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

fragmentary

1

information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)

2

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

1

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

1

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

2

to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

letter; note

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the ... in question

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key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term

2

Buddhist (household) altar

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Buddhist mortuary tablet

2

while alive; during one's lifetime

3

to correct oneself; to restate

3

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

private room

2

really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

2

simple; plain; modest

1

comparatively; relatively

2

wooden flooring

1

Western-style room

1

bed

3

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

to give an impression; to make an impression

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

2

empathy

3

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

5

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

to be transparent; to show through

1

small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny

1

altar, stand or table for burning incense

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portrait of a deceased person

2