jpdb beta

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

logical

1

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

4

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

objective

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

3

to be opposite; to face each other

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

3

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

family; members of a family

1

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

world fair; international exposition

11

former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

1

(public) park

11

parents; both parents

4

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

2

field; plain; prairie; moor

9

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

2

base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

1

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

glaring at; lording over

2

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

1

Okamoto Tarou (1911.2.26-1996.1.7)

3

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

after

2

necessity

1

place; room; margin; scope

2

different dimension

3

universe; cosmos; space

4

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

4

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

mankind; humanity

4

festival merrymaking; revelry

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

history

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

4

forest; shrine grove

16

transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

16