jpdb beta

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

3

dream

2

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

1

job hunting; job searching

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

3

security guard; doorkeeper

7

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

road construction; roadworks; road repairs

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

1

gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

other than; excluding; without

2

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

interview (e.g. for a job)

6

depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

amen; hail

3

rhyming game; play on words; pun

1

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

1

to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

1

Tonoike

31

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

4

associate; junior; assistant; runner-up

4

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

7

most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)

2

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

4

cruelty; hard-heartedness

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

1

Sasakura

4

sorting fruit

1

interest (in something); enthusiasm

1

having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something

5

furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

2

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)

1

good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

2

prefectural capital

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

1

jurisdiction; control

1

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing

1

to summon; to get used to call

2

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

rope curtain

1

jam-packed; packed in like sardines

1

small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)

1

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

2