jpdb beta

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

4

question; query

4

to answer; to reply

3

wicker(work) (cane, rattan) chair

2

to cross one's legs

1

small-format paperback book; pocket paperback

7

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

15

forty; 40

5

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)

1

tall figure; high stature

1

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

1

pocket square; decorative handkerchief used as an accessory to a suit

1

to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

fluent (in a language); flowing

1

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

2

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

5

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

6

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

3

lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)

3

clairvoyance

22

you; dear; honey

13

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

3

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

16

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

1

ridiculous; odd

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

3

anachronism

1

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

2

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

near oneself; close to one; familiar

4

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

4

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

6

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

1

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

1

tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; serenity; quietness

2

approval; endorsement

2

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

2

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

2

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

3

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

4

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

2