jpdb beta

precious; valuable

5

worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

2

one person's portion

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

3

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

winter sky

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

4

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

clothes; clothing; garments

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

one month

1

early afternoon

2

marriage; wedding

2

wrinkled; full of wrinkles

4

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

2

freely; frankly; without reserve

1

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

6

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

13

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

at times; occasionally

10

advanced age; old age

2

already; too late

5

eighty; 80

1

greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious

1

daily necessities

2

very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime

2

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

6

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

reason; cause; circumstances

5

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

3

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

4

several tens

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

4

traveling expenses; travelling expenses

1

to increase; to grow

6

medicinal herb

2

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

1

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

as you see; as you can see

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

3

exploitation; overuse; abuse

2

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

5

donkey; ass

1

how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

3

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

3

very rich person; the super rich

3

surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1