jpdb beta

family; relatives; dependents; household

21

very; extremely; like the devil; as a demon

1

Sakanoue No Tamuramaro (758-811; noble)

1

(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry

1

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

7

descendant; progeny; offspring

2

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

8

to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange

2

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

9

boo-hoo; boo-hoo-hoo

2

in the meantime; meanwhile

1

sign; mark; marker; marker

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

9

both sides

3

ten-odd; a dozen or so

11

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

1

each house; every house; many houses

3

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

general store

1

police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

2

minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum

2

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

9

dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

1

means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

2

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place

2

to do as one likes

7

to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse

1

as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now

1

unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever

1

dashboard; dash

1

A4 (paper size)

2

size

6

brown envelope; manila envelope

1

copier paper; photocopying paper

1

article; news story; report; account

11

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

3

official document; archives

2

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

6

copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan

7

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

3

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

8

attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name

2

along the road; at the side of the road

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

1

to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches

1

to sell over to

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

5