jpdb beta

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

4

stagnation; hindrance; delay

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

7

to meet; to greet

1

hello; good day; good afternoon

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

2

interests; stake

2

historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

1

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

American school

3

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

4

public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

1

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

1

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

2

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

2

lower floor

1

affiliate (company, organization); concerned bodies; interested organizations

1

university lecturer; college lecturer

3

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

adviser; advisor

22

cooperative relationship; partnership

1

informal; unofficial

1

insider

5

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

to (do) like this

1

once per week

2

day of the week

1

how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

2

charming; fascinating; attractive

2

political organization; political organisation

5

lobbyist

5

the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

1

chance; opportunity

5

every week

2

political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power

1

teaching materials

1

looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

spouse; wife; husband; partner

1

to invite in; to show someone in

3

to save; to leave over; to spare

2

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

2

both shoulders

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

4