jpdb beta

19; nineteen

1

to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

1

(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness

1

intellectual

4

age forty; one's forties

1

to look young; to seem young

1

history book

2

great person; eminent figure

2

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

1

fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

1

to fan; to incite; to instigate

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

folding fan

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

3

white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes

1

purchase; buy

1

catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift

1

simply put

1

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

1

several volumes (books)

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

3

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

14

teaching materials

1

complete set; all; everything

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

higher rank; better position

2

touch; contact

1

just because; even if; even though

1

interview; examination; question

1

deserted village; poor village

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

farmwork

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

to sit for an examination

2

cost of one's food; one's board

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

3

forehead; brow

1

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall

1

delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

1

embroidery

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

1

to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1