jpdb beta

tone

1

written invitation

3

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

meaning; called; said

1

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

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult

1

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with

1

to change one's mind

2

(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

3

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

2

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

1

old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946

1

deciphering; decoding

2

to meet; to greet

3

on time

1

sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality

1

one's (only) good suit (or kimono)

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

to shake one's head

2

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

2

to become luminous at dawn (esp. the sky)

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

4

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

1

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

transfer; transport; removal

1

to arrive home; to return

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

2

store; shop

2

temple; monk

1

grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

1

priest; monk; bonze

1

to buy; to purchase

1

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

7

Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area

1

multi-

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