jpdb beta

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

18

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

national

1

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

35

royal family

35

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name

1

despair; hopelessness

1

considerably; fairly; quite

27

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

2

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

6

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2

some days; several days

1

once; one time; exclusively; only; alone

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly

1

similar

4

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

older brother and younger sister

1

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

1

while; during (the time when)

18

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

20

lath; lass

31

a long time ago

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

6

even now; still; as yet

1

princess; daughter of a nobleman

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

this evening; tonight

7

in one's own way or style

10

bakery; baker; pastry shop

4

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

3

delivery

2

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

15

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

2

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

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

7

paper

5

to finish reading; to read through

1

in very small pieces

2

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

4

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

3

to reread; to read again

1

directions; instructions; orders; command

2

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

5

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

should do; ought to do

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

3