jpdb beta

village

3

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

3

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

9

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

43

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

6

fire; flame; blaze

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

12

originally; by nature; from the start

4

to smoke a cigarette

1

race (of people); type of person

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

4

job hunting; job searching

1

student (esp. a university student)

1

in fact

4

accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

2

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

4

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

52

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

21

you (plural)

5

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

6

old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father

13

being (somewhere); sitting

11

dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams

166

glare; sharp look

4

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

7

residence

2

actual age; true age

3

outward appearance

14

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

4

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)

2

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

5

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

3

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

15

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

secluded life

1

to (do) like this

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

2

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

3

opposite; reverse; contrary

2

100; hundred

8

fifty; 50

6

foster parents

1

to hold in one's mouth

5

follower; attendant; valet; servant

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

4