jpdb beta

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

7

to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)

1

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

2

daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese

1

another time; some other time

4

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

5

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

nineteen; 19

2

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

8

first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel

2

point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

17

he; him; boyfriend

56

even

10

April; fourth month in the lunar calendar

2

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

7

simple; plain

2

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

4

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

2

such; this sort of; like this

2

beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

2

to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

3

a certain ...

2

marriage

6

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

3

to die; to pass away

12

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

9

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

3

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

1

safety; security

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

2

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

5

father

11

second marriage; remarriage

6

on the occasion of; at the time of

3

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

8

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)

1

(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note

2

consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

1

100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

2

cage; pen; (jail) cell

1

to fly in the air

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

6