jpdb beta

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

3

rice field

3

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

2

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

7

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

4

to pick up; to find; to gather

2

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

theological school; seminary

1

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1

pride; boast

1

the end

1

belle; (town) beauty

1

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth

1

women; womenfolks

1

feeling of envy; jealous feeling

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

3

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

company president; manager; director

3

son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

1

Hachiōji (city)

10

to fall in love

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

2

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

strong opposition; vehement opposition

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

1

cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat

2

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open

1

elopement; running away with a lover

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to make plans

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

company; corporation; workplace

2

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

2

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1

one's own room

1

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

3

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

1

to fall onto; to happen; to befall

1