jpdb beta

childishness; naivete

1

tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous

1

generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally

1

common people; ordinary people; masses

4

the present (day or age)

1

enclosure; annex; separate sheet; accompanying sheet

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

1

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

1

door

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)

1

senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

5

Sakai

1

Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)

1

the present year; at that time

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

1

section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately

1

contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness

1

geography

1

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

1

cheap lodging house

2

street corner

1

paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

developing together

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

1

glazed sliding door

1

Christ

3

church; congregation

4

employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange

2

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

2

family-oriented; familial

1

agency

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

2

reading matter; reading material

1

essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings

1

simple; brief

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

creation; founding; initiating

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

lucky; fortunate

1

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

1