jpdb beta

(male) waiter; bellboy

1

skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

2

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

5

to hold something reverently with both hands

1

quietly; slowly; gracefully

2

to move forward; to move on

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

4

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

2

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

1

antiquity; ancient times

1

remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

1

rising; ascending; climbing

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

3

to refer to; to use as reference

2

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

2

theory

3

to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

7

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

2

reference room

1

bookshelf; bookcase

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

1

thank you; thanks

2

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

salt; salt content

1

effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

1

feudal lord

1

with a thud

1

group; bunch; crowd; group

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

4

oh; ah

1

gently; quietly; calmly

3

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

2

boyfriend; he; him

2

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful

1

to shake; to waver; to tremble

1

parting; farewell

1

thinking back now

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

3

self-consciousness; self-awareness

2

site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight

2

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

3