jpdb beta

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

4

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

1

deep in the mountains; mountain recesses

1

Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood

2

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

2

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

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

olden days; former

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

4

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

pain; ache; -algia

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

4

to fall on one's backside

2

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

3

to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

school

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

school gate

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

2

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

4

luxury car

1

blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing

1

limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)

4

don't you think?; indicates question

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

1

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

2

schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus

1

commotion; stir

3

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent

2

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

short-term

3

overseas student; exchange student

10

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

1

staff meeting

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

2

courtesy car (e.g. at a hotel)

1

alert status; emergency alert

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

11

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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