jpdb beta

preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

2

one day; (on) a certain day

2

older; senior

1

gently; quietly; calmly

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

6

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)

4

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

2

every time; each round

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

2

doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

3

stealthily; secretly; in secret

4

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

8

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

8

infant; baby; little child

1

discovery; detection; finding

8

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

5

to take care of

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

2

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

3

ah; oh; hey!

3

to show up; to appear; to turn up

4

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

3

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

radiant smile; contented smile

1

it is I who should say so

2

self-introduction

1

for the first time in one's life

3

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

1

to request earnestly

1

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple

1

straight line; beeline

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

6

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

3

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

2

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

5

not caring; not giving a damn

3

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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hare (esp. the Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus); wild rabbit

2