jpdb beta

square hand-lantern

2

plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

7

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

next day

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

home area; home town; local

2

Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian

1

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

2

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

success; hit

1

black tea

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

4

public school

1

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

pride; boast

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

English (language); English

1

Asia

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

2

boiled and half-dried bonito

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

4

to feel ashamed

1

call; visit

1

welcome; reception

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

(that's) no good, is it?; dislike (on social media, etc.); thumbs-down; downvote

1

sun; saint; San (people); son

6

pronunciation; production of sound

2

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

2

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

4

good-natured; kind; good-quality

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

2

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

3

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

4

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1