jpdb beta

mother; mom; mum; wife

6

Marco Polo Bridge (China)

1

father; dad; husband; you; he

10

grief; lamentation

1

ōshinbun; type of Meiji-era newspaper characterized by its use of political commentary written in literary language; major newspaper

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

to take up employment

1

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

2

emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

3

act; deed; conduct

2

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

3

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

1

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

right to know; right to access information

1

all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships

8

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

6

recent photograph or photography

1

(political) power; authority; influence

1

please ...

1

heartstrings; innermost soul

1

to become fraught with emotion

3

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

2

start; beginning; first step; clue

1

accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency

2

placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

2

following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

2

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

2

great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923

3

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

3

reliance; dependence

1

to tighten; to press hard

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

2

true state; actual condition; reality

1

desk

1

reading light; reading lamp

2

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

2

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

2

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

5

Spanish Civil War

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

Robert Capa

5

Paris (France)

1

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

2

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level

1