jpdb beta

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

1

talk; recital; narration; topic

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

3

older sister and younger brother

3

Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)

3

producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)

1

(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child

1

to ride side by side; to walk side by side; to go together; to join forces; to work together; (lit.) to line up horses' bits

1

to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow

1

testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial

1

(large) building; public building; hall

3

private pupil; apprentice

1

fellow student

1

construction worker; laborer; labourer; navvy

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

1

to gain fame; to make one's name

1

to make a success in life

1

future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to

1

to look forward to

1

Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

1

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine); pulmonary tuberculosis

1

to be ill; to suffer from

1

male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)

1

to leave this world; to die

1

mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune

1

ronin; lordless samurai

1

to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation

1

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

3

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

to summon courage; to be brave

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself

3

(one's) life

4

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

1

child prodigy

1

premature death

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

martyr

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