jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

6

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

poverty dulls the wit

1

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

1

without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

8

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

9

favour; favor

3

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

3

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

4

Smart casual

1

dress code

1

fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant

1

to face; to go towards; to head towards

13

suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

1

Sunaga

309

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

35

middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

35

novelist; fiction writer

18

idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

1

to know (a person); to think

2

stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

printing type; movable type; printed text; print

1

master; masterhand; maestro

2

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

4

leader; authority; mainstay

1

grandpa; granddad

2

bookshop; bookstore

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

2

essence; true nature; substance; reality

2

simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

3

section

1

to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised

2

this occasion; at this time; now

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

to crack jokes

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

11

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

6

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

2

payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)

2

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

by force

1

lending and borrowing

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

evil spirits of rivers and mountains

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1