jpdb beta

Una

49

native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality

1

historian

1

traveller; traveler

11

lampoon; satirical poem

114

schoolgirl; female student

4

cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm

143

preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start

3

rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.

2

early rising

2

all year round

1

companion; partner; spouse

1

to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death; to succeed in marrying

1

a word or two

1

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

2

study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

2

to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush (esp. on a fictional character, idol, etc.); to be infatuated

4

fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road

2

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

2

crystal ball

2

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

7

polarizing plate

1

six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure); Compendium of Laws

1

double refraction; birefringence

1

lime; quicklime; caustic lime

1

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

2

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

2

to feel at ease

3

oracle; revelation; divine message

1

sheet copper

1

half life

1

marriage fraud; fake marriage

5

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

19

electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire

2

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

3

obliteration; annihilation

2

lightweight class

1

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

4

funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director

1

gestures; gesturing

1

cancer notification

1

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

1

square root

3

shape of a pillar or column

2

modern society

5

poison

3

even

3

cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent

1

halothane

1

overdose; excessive consumption

1