jpdb beta

guide (on a tour, etc.)

1

family vacation; family trip

1

suspension bridge; rope bridge

1

both banks (of a river)

1

to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

5

top; summit; peak

3

describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

to make an appeal; to urge

6

established (certain) fact

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

madder red; dark red; crimson

1

pathos; sorrow; grief

1

chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

3

old friend; old pal

1

early in the morning

2

tourist information (brochure, map, center)

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

3

to be excited; to be elated

1

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

1

as if it were about oneself

3

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

study; diligence; discount; reduction

3

Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record

1

Nihon Shoki; Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan

1

modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

1

to translate; to interpret

2

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

1

renting a room

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

4

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

4

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

2

(at the) window

1

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

7

somehow; for some reason or other

4

keen; acute; heartfelt

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

2

to wrap up

12

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

-years-old

2

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)

2

doctor

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

taking the family along

1