jpdb beta

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

3

fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

1

losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard

3

certain victory

3

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

supplementary reader

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

marathon; long-distance race

1

race

1

favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

1

runner-up; second (in a race)

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

to speak ill of; to speak very disparagingly about; to speak very harshly about

1

hundreds

2

many thousands

2

second (in a series)

3

to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

1

champion

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

2

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

2

blessing

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

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specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product

2

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

4

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

4

recommendation; referral; endorsement

4

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

3

watching while standing (e.g. a play)

1

vinyl

1

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

2

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

Hirosuke

2

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1

ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

1

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

1

reading matter; reading material

1

written description of one's thoughts

4

original text

4

villager

8

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

2

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

2

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

red-horned demon; red ogre

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