jpdb beta

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

shyster; pettifogger; unscrupulous lawyer; crooked lawyer

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

1

grey (gray)

1

(maintain, observe) social (public) order

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

2

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

social; societal; societary

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

mere; simple; sheer

3

bad deed; evil deed

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

2

to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea

2

to begin some form of lifestyle

1

together; at the same time; same; identical

6

Kumi

1

fine white noodles

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

1

grandchild

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

2

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

1

ex-husband; former husband

1

parental authority

1

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

1

one; same (mind, path, etc.)

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

reality

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

1

so; to such an extent; such

2

Kagawa (prefecture)

3

flour; meal; powder; dust

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)

5

perfect tense

2

snow; snowfall

5

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

4

present continuous tense; present progressive form

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

present perfect tense

1

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1