jpdb beta

village headman; village mayor

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

1

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns

2

neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town

8

president (of a society); chairman

9

powerful; strong

5

influence; clout; leverage

1

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

1

personal connections

1

constructive

1

something like ...; something called ...

4

to make an appearance

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

workroom

1

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

book; volume

2

desk

2

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

unknown; unidentified; unspecified

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

2

to have learning; to be educated

1

since some time ago; for quite a while; already

1

sociable

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

3

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

3

location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place

5

to have a rumor circulating

1

fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

5

source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

1

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

1

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

Muu

1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

1

to govern; to manage; to subdue

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

16

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam

15

number of persons; personnel

7

as planned

1

they; them

6

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1