jpdb beta

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

1

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

fishing village

2

awfully; terribly

3

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

4

small mustache; short mustache

1

to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

a day or two

1

moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about

3

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

5

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

4

Emperor Meiji's birthday (November 3; national holiday held from 1927 to 1948)

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(school) class

1

indoor (court, pool, etc.)

2

sports ground; playing field; playground

2

glove; mitten; mitt

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

4

polite; respectful; reverent

1

imperial portrait; photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War; portrait or photo of a person of high rank

2

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

10

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

a respectful bow

3

deputy head teacher; vice principal

1

to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

1

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

4

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

3

dry run; rehearsal

1

similar to; like

9

protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring

1

Asia

1

counter for places

1

organ (musical instrument)

1

to wander from place to place; to change jobs

2

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

to come to an end; to close the curtain

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

6

double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

traitor; rebel

1

unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)

1

outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude

1

lese majesty; lèse-majesté

1

prison

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

6

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

bright red; deep red

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3