jpdb beta

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

3

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

2

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

counter for books; volume

4

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

3

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

2

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

smile

3

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be

2

self-consciousness; self-awareness

2

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

to act; to take action

1

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

2

conviction; belief; confidence

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

3

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

4

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

1

older sister; elder sister

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

2

restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

library (usu. single-room); small library

15

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

1

to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into

1

user; end-user; consumer

1

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

dust; one ten-billionth

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

very interesting; of great interest

1

consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

1

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

2

hey!; hey!

3

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

1

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

2

without permission; without notice

3

principal; headmaster

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

Saga prefecture (Kyushu)

1

Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)

1

Saga (city, prefecture)

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2