jpdb beta

talent; ability

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

if; in case; supposing

3

to pamper; to spoil

1

the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

3

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

10

tolerance; broad-mindedness

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

3

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

gender; distinction of sex; sex

1

perversion; inversion

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

2

mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

1

spin-off; spinoff

2

episode; anecdote; vignette

1

now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

2

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō

22

draft commission; drafting session; draft meeting

1

trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

several days later

2

it was very good of you to come; glad to see you

1

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

3

Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

five; 5

3

counter for people

3

(very) beginning; start

1

welcome; reception

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

2

self-introduction

2

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

3

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

4

mother

1

cough; ahem

4

eldest daughter; first-born daughter

1

age; years

2

history of; experience of

1

bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics

2

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

5

second daughter

1