jpdb beta

good boy; good girl

2

mother

2

brilliant; bright

1

sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

1

lately; recently; these days

2

to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

2

to speak; to hear a voice

3

to look around; to take a view of

1

drying; dryness

1

rope ladder

3

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker

1

carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped

1

the other day; some time ago; recently

1

returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)

4

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

1

to find fault with

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

2

the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

six feet; traditional Japanese G-string for men; palanquin bearer

1

awfully; terribly

1

spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

magnet; compass

3

viscount

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

3

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

1

private expense

1

skating (esp. ice); skate; skates

2

samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to

1

natural; intrinsic; from birth

1

to frolic; to play about; to lark; to gambol

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

1

gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing; making a takeoff run

1

footwear (esp. outdoor shoes, as opposed to slippers, etc.); footgear

1

etc.; et cetera; and so on

1

arrangement of stones in a garden

10

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)

1

to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into

2

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

2

cavity; hollow; cave; hollow

1

empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)

1