jpdb beta

village

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

persecution; oppression

1

to keep a watchful eye on

1

special lecturer; guest lecturer

1

rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns

1

to teach; to take a teaching job

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

study; learning; tutorial

4

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

2

please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)

1

date and time

1

staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

1

meaningless; pointless

1

Frits; Fritz

14

commanding officer

6

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

4

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

1

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

head of a state

1

great man; magnanimous man

1

one eye; one of one's eyes

1

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

wink

1

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

school event

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

5

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth

1

cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

1

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

group member

1

scramble; struggle

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to follow another's example

5

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

3

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

2

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

1

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

figure of speech

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1