jpdb beta

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

2

relationship; relation

2

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

2

evening; dusk

1

mother

3

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

4

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

1

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

1

book; register

1

pride; boast

2

age; years

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

2

she; her; girlfriend

6

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

gesture; charades (game)

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

I; me

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

1

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

2

immediately; promptly

1

to glare at; to scowl at

2

to do so; to do thus

3

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

1

hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

1

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

that day; the very same day

2

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

2

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

feigning ignorance; acting dumb

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

7

joint management

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

restaurant

1

company; corporation; workplace

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

restaurant

1

persuasion

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

9

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

4