jpdb beta

to ask for too much; to expect too much

1

some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

1

stay; sojourn

2

countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

1

(your) kindness; favours (conferred on one)

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up

1

powerful local clan; local strongman

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

pensive; meditative; wistful

1

seal

2

yearned for; longed for; missed

2

lucky adventurer; adventurer who takes advantage of troubled times; soldier of fortune

1

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

1

mother

2

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

3

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

pear blossoms

2

Monday

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

1

nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia); Japanese pear; Asian pear

7

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

1

notice; attention; observation

1

several days later

1

hazy moon (esp. on a spring night)

1

half the body; half length

1

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1

to daub; to brush; to touch up

1

hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

1

to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table

1

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur

2

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)

4

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

3

inner garden; inner park

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

2

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

2

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

in the trees

1

niece

2

young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

2

chilly; unpleasantly cold

1

apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit

1

lawn; grass; turf

1