jpdb beta

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

2

personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance

1

earnings

1

like that; that way

1

setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

2

prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)

1

grasp; catch; understanding

2

oh, yes?; really?

4

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

4

running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

2

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

1

listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

1

to write down; to record; to register

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

4

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

2

one-by-one; separately; in detail

3

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

1

pain; agony; bitterness

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

5

first generation; founder

2

love story

1

story; tale

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

1

content of a letter

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

2

tradition; legend; folklore

1

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

1

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

6

to pay

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

jewelry store; jewellery store

1

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

carpet

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

3

quality (of a product or a service)

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

1

way; method; means; resource; course

3

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

5