jpdb beta

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

6

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

4

member; the membership

2

every month; each month; monthly

2

3000; three thousand; many

1

membership fee

3

stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

1

advertising rates

1

red face

1

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

alcoholic drinks; liquor

1

sale; sales; selling; marketing

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

1

like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

2

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

2

narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

4

writing; composition; essay; sentence

2

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

2

point of an argument; drift of an argument

2

sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute

9

look; glance; glimpse; one stone

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

1

neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside

1

towns and villages

2

subscriber; reader; admirer

2

to increase; to multiply

2

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

3

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

1

sitting cross-legged

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

2

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

when it comes to ...; as for ...

2

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

1

pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary

1

look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!

6

rapids

3

within ...; inside ...

18

village headman; village mayor

3

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

history

17

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

2

folding one's arms

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

in one's own way or style

7

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1