jpdb beta

bringing up; raising

2

queen (consort); empress (consort)

26

jail; gaol; jailhouse

2

viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)

1

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

1

to go through several printings; to run into several editions

2

revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript

1

final manuscript

1

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

4

Kazuma

1

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

1

old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed

5

large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan

2

carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

13

Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

12

botany

1

general term; generic name

1

day (as in holiday); daytime

2

the Reformation

1

Christian church

1

national holiday; public holiday

2

to become settled; to be fixed

3

mother church; main church; church where one was baptized

1

returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

2

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

5

American Civil War (1861-1865)

1

political activist

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

origin; beginning; source

5

activist

1

(one's) late mother

1

and then; and so; and; so then

2

commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake

2

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

2

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

1

Mothers; Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

2

so far as

9

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

5

crucifixion

1

sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion

10

derivation; development; offshoot

2

religious; spiritual

1

exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

1

corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)

1

virtue

8

purity; chastity

4

noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright

1

present; gift

13