jpdb beta

extract; excerpt; selection

3

profoundly memorable

3

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1

to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

3

associate; junior; assistant; runner-up

1

to overwork

2

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

4

to leave as it is; to defer

1

to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

2

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

2

addition to a building

5

structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

3

form; method; system; formula

2

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

4

offender; transgressor; violator

4

number of times

1

to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

2

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

13

checking and verifying

21

charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu

2

to be expensive

1

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

2

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

2

sailor suit; middy uniform

2

school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers

3

type of long jacket worn by bousouzoku biker gang members, etc.

1

scarf

5

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

1

Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)

1

corolla (of flower); garland; wreath

1

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

3

examiner; judge

1

PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)

2

stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens

2

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

2

kitchen garden

1

dry field farming; dry field crop

1

dissemination; spreading of information

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

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

1

about noon

4

severe; strict; tough; hard

1

to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family

1

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

4

blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry

3

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1

tribe; clan; house

4

with a clink (of metal); with a chink

2

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

1

treatment as a guest; guest

1