jpdb beta

few decades; many decades; several decades

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pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

3

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

1

same surname

1

Himeno

2

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

2

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

residence; housing; residential building

2

childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

2

nameplate; doorplate

1

reliance; dependence

1

to take one's eyes off

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

2

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

2

seedy-looking; thin

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

three minutes

2

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

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

1

city library; municipal library; public library

1

this morning

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

2

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

in the building

1

closing of a school; closed school

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

one month

8

Paul Auster

2

Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)

1

O. Henry

2

Hemingway

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

3

short (e.g. story, film)

1

author; writer; novelist; artist

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

3

wise person; sage

2

present; gift

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