jpdb beta

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

2

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

6

establishment (of a business); founding

1

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

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

1

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

1

blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

2

on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

yellow; amber

1

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

due form; official; formality

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

2

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

1

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

2

successor

1

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

3

careless

1

bare earth; ground

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

1

that is to say; so that means

1

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

ordinary person

1

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

1

occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work

1

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

2

price; cost

4

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

2

dried meat; jerky

2

a bundle; a hundred

2

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

2

like that; so

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

3

price hike; mark-up

1

that's the way it is; such is life

2

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

1

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

1

broke; skint

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

5

gold coin

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

1