jpdb beta

guidance; leadership; leading the way

1

having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting

2

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

2

male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)

1

midwinter

1

extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings

1

to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

finance corporation

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

(in) one's own way

1

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

weight training; muscle training

1

axe; ax; hatchet

1

to bear; to shoulder

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

after having come this far; now that we've come this far

1

inexperienced person

1

to bail out (water); to scoop out

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

2

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark

2

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

3

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

3

to keep silent

1

nostalgia; homesickness

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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boyfriend; he; him

2

(not so) much; (not) very

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