jpdb beta

romantic

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

6

ancient city; former capital

2

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

3

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

4

spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising

3

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

1

Alex

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

2

account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

Shinto shrine

6

grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy

4

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

10

charm; amulet

1

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

2

damned; cursed; accursed

1

studies; schoolwork; classwork

2

visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

3

studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)

2

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

3

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

2

just kidding; Not!

1

well; now; then

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

4

fist

10

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

10

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

10

love affair; liaison

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

14

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

1

change of course

1

to sit down

5

without penalty; acquittal; impunity

1

synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive

1

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

to cause someone to worry

1

ostentation; show; affectation

1

face to face; between two persons

1

look like; sound like; savor of; smack of

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

and; thereupon; because of that

4

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

2

if it's the case

5

to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3